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-- Cellular
theory, or Cell theory
(Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential
element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell;
the whole series of cells having been formed from the development
of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues
and organs which, both in plants and animals, are to be
considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each
other. -- Cellular tissue.
(a) (Anat.) See conjunctive
tissue under Conjunctive. (b)
(Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and
having no woody fiber or ducts.

Cel"lu*la`ted (?), a.
Cellular. Caldwell.

Cel"lule (s&ebreve;l"ūl), n.
[L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf.
F. cellule. See Cell.] A small cell.

Cel`lu*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L.
cellula + -ferous.] Bearing or producing
little cells.

||Cel`lu*li"tis (?), n. [NL., fr.
L. cellula + -itis.] An inflammantion of the
cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately
beneath the skin.

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