English > cell: 7 senses > noun 2, Tops| Meaning | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals. |
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| Category of | totipotent | Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Part of | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| Parts | cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane | A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell |
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| cytoplasm, cytol | The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus |
| energid, protoplast | A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts |
| nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon | A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction |
| organelle, cell organelle, cell organ | A specialized part of a cell |
| vacuole | A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell |
| Narrower | Kupffer's cell | Specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign / foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells |
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| Leydig cell, Leydig's cell | A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone |
| Sertoli cell, Sertoli's cell | elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis |
| akaryocyte, akaryote, acaryote | A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) |
| archespore, archesporium | Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops |
| arthrospore | One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi |
| arthrospore | A body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore |
| beta cell | A cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas |
| blastema | A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops |
| blastomere | Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg |
| daughter cell | A cell formed by the division or budding of another cell |
| embryonic cell, formative cell | A cell of an embryo |
| fiber, fibre | Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) |
| flagellated cell | Any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum |
| gametocyte | An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis |
| mother cell | cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops |
| parthenote | A cell resulting from parthenogenesis |
| plant cell | A cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant |
| polar body | A small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded |
| recombinant | A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred |
| reproductive cell, germ cell, sex cell | A spermatozoon or an ovum |
| somatic cell, vegetative cell | Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells |
| zygote, fertilized ovum | (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) |
| Broader | living thing, animate thing | A living (or once living) entity |
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| Spanish | celula, célula |
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| Catalan | cèl·lula |
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| Adjectives | cellular | characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural / structural unit of an organism or organization) |
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| cellular | relating to cells |
| extracellular | located or occurring outside a cell or cells |
| intercellular | located between cells |
| intracellular | located or occurring within a cell or cells |
| unicellular | having or consisting of a single cell |
