Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little cell; a cellule.

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  • noun anatomy A small compartment or chamber

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Examples

  • Here, too, he stated his famous generalization “omnis cellula e cellula” (all cells arise from cells) and described the cell as the basic element of the life process.

    b. Chemistry, Biology, and Geology 2001

  • In 1854 Virchow, [286] previously a supporter of Schwann, crystallised the new views in the famous phrase -- _Omnis cellula e cellula_ -- and gave wide publicity to them in his classical lectures on Cellular Pathology, delivered in 1858. [

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • And another, a Latin phrase omnis cellula e cellula, which means all cells come from other cells just like it by means of cell division.

    The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

  • In contrast, the liver, blood, the gut, and the skin all grow through hyperplasia—cells becoming cells becoming more cells, omnis cellula e cellula e cellula.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And another, a Latin phrase omnis cellula e cellula, which means all cells come from other cells just like it by means of cell division.

    The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

  • And another, a Latin phrase omnis cellula e cellula, which means all cells come from other cells just like it by means of cell division.

    The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

  • Second, that cells only arose from other cells—omnis cellula e cellula, as he put it.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Second, that cells only arose from other cells—omnis cellula e cellula, as he put it.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In contrast, the liver, blood, the gut, and the skin all grow through hyperplasia—cells becoming cells becoming more cells, omnis cellula e cellula e cellula.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And another, a Latin phrase omnis cellula e cellula, which means all cells come from other cells just like it by means of cell division.

    The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

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