CELLS
Noun
cells
plural of cell
Verb
cells
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cell
Source: Wiktionary
CELL
Cell, n. Etym: [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and
E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]
1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery
or convent; the hut of a hermit.
The heroic confessor in his cell. Macaulay.
2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells
or dependent priories." Milman.
3. Any small cavity, or hollow place.
4. (Arch.)
(a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
(b) Same as Cella.
5. (Elec.)
Definition: A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for
holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
6. (Biol.)
Definition: One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater
part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are
composed.
Note: All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the
organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one
single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called
unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass
of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its
center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more
nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell
wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the amoeba, and in
embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting
cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is
wholly wanting. See Illust. of Bipolar. Air cell. See Air cell.
– Cell development (called also cell genesis, cell formation, and
cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of
reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or
fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous
multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc.
– Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular.
Cell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Celled.]
Definition: To place or inclosed in a cell. "Celled under ground." [R.]
Warner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition