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cellulate, a.|ˈsɛljʊleɪt| [f. L. cellula, cellule + -ate2 2.] Composed of or containing cells. Hence ˈcellulate v. trans., to furnish with cells; to render cellular. ˈcellulated ppl. a. = cellulate; celluˈlation, development of cells.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. i, Matrixes..Architectonically cellulated. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 761/1 A vertical section..exhibited a mass..cellulated or porous. 1839–47Ibid. III. 568/1 A section of it, as it thus cellulates the neck. 1854J. Hogg Microsc. ii. ii. (1867) 382 Melosira cribosa, marine, orbicular, cellulate. 1859Ibid. V. 474/2 A process of..cellulation takes place. |