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celled

celled

11 5.1
Having a particular number or type of small parts that make up the whole, used with another word
  • adjective
  • /sɛld/
  • Specialized
: celular
  • A single-celled organism turns the tables on its predators—larval mosquitoes.
  • single-celled
  • celled organism

And so it is reverting to a single celled lifestyle.

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Examples

  • Yet single-celled creatures are seemingly at the mercy of the fates.

    Academic text (2009)
  • One-celled organisms learned to reproduce... and became more complex.

  • We're the products of single celled organisms.

  • And so this is a single celled algae.

  • We've gone from single celled organisms to us.

  • Simple single-celled creatures were around for a billion years with almost no change.

    Blog text (14)
  • Most of the oil and gas in this planet came from single celled organisms, bacteria, algae.

  • So if evolution is true, then you find single celled or multi celled organisms, right?

  • Single-celled organisms reproduce themselves readily, and life can go on—did go on, for billions of years on Earth—with barely more complexity.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Scientists study single-celled organisms to understand the origins of life on Earth.

Synonyms

compartmented
vscelled
2 5.5

Divided into smaller sections like boxes or rooms

is used more as a combining term specifying compartments
chambered
vscelled
2 5.1

Divided into separate small rooms or spaces

is used more for naming specific counts or kinds of compartments
cellular
vscelled
2 4.8

Made of many small parts or compartments like a honeycomb

is the combining form mentioning number or type of units
compartmental
vscelled
1 7.4

Organized into separate parts with little connection

is the combining usage that names number or type of compartments
loculated
vscelled
  • Specialized
9.9

Divided into small separate pockets, as in a cyst or some fruits

is the broader combining label not limited to medical contexts

How Cellular

multicellular
  • Specialized
3 4.3
celled
  • Specialized
11 5.1
single-celled
  • Specialized
11 4.3

Surface Forms

celled positive

Morphology

celled = cell (transparent) = cell + ed

The suffix '-ed' is used to form adjectives indicating possession or presence of a specified quality, derived directly from 'cell'.

Etymology

Celled comes from the common word cell, which means a 'small room' or 'compartment', like a prison 'cell' or the tiny 'cells' inside a plant. So celled simply describes how many of those 'cells' something has, as in 'single-celled' or 'multi-celled'.