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celled

celled

3 5.1
Having a particular number or type of small parts that make up the whole, used with another word
  • adjective
  • /sɛld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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

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
compartmented
vscelled
1 5.5

Divided into smaller sections like boxes or rooms

is used more as a combining term specifying compartments
chambered
vscelled
1 5.1

Divided into separate small rooms or spaces

is used more for naming specific counts or kinds of compartments
compartmental
vscelled
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
3 5.1
single-celled
  • Specialized
8 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'.