[1865–70; extra- + cellular]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: figure skating, goulash, maverick, racism, valenceextra- is a prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative. Otherwords that use the affix extra- include: extra-atmospheric, extrajudicial, extraterritorial
Examples of 'extracellular' in a sentence
extracellular
More than 90 per cent of tissue can be such extracellular material.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Portions of both a and b form the extracellular ligand binding domains.
The Scientist (2001)
And how about hardened arteries and weakened ligaments caused by so-called cross-linking extracellular proteins?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Cancer brings about new blood vessel formation (angiogenesis), exposing collagen through turnover of the extracellular matrix.
The Scientist (2001)
In our body, the cells in each of these organs sit in a fibrous extracellular matrix.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Chemokines bind heparin and other glycosaminoglycans of the extracellular matrix of cells, which helps establish and maintain a chemokine gradient.