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cellularly

cellularly

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At the level of cells inside the body
  • adverb
  • /ˈsɛljʊlərli/
  • Specialized
: celularmente
  • The researchers studied how the drug affected the body cellularly, focusing on the way cells reacted to the treatment.

But they too, you know, they're they're they're complex organisms, cellularly, biochemically.

Examples

  • In biology class, we learned that cellularly, plants and animals have different structures and functions.

  • The investigation revealed how waste is processed cellularly within the tissues, highlighting important biological processes.

  • Sometimes those signals are purely about the physical body itself, maybe what's going on cellularly or in a particular organ or system and what's needed for support.

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  • But they too, you know, they're they're they're complex organisms, cellularly, biochemically.

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Surface Forms

cellularly positive

Morphology

cellularly = cellular (transparent) = cell + ular + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'cellular', and the biological sense is directly derived from 'cell'.

Etymology

Cellularly comes from the Latin cellula ('small room'), which gave English the word cell for the tiny parts of living things. So, doing something cellularly means working at the level of those tiny cells inside the body.