Cellular biology
cellular biology n.
The study of the molecular or chemical interactions of biological phenomena.
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The process by which a cell becomes specialized in order to perform a specific function, as in the case of a liver cell, a blood cell, or a neuron. There are more than 250 general types of cells in the human body. Differentiation is the process that takes place inside an embryo that determines which […]
- Cell-pack
a container made of cellular plastic, as one used for holding flowers or plants.
- Cellular immune response
cellular immune response n. See cell-mediated immune response.
- Cellular-immunity
cell-mediated immunity. immunity independent of antibody but dependent on the recognition of antigen by T cells and their subsequent destruction of cells bearing the antigen or on the secretion by T cells of lymphokines that enhance the ability of phagocytes to eliminate the antigen. cell-mediated immunity n. Abbr. CMI Immunity resulting from a cell-mediated immune […]
- Cellular immunodeficiency
cellular immunodeficiency n. Any of a group of disorders associated with recurrent bacterial, fungal, protozoal, and viral infections and characterized by atrophy of the thymus gland, depressed cell-mediated immunity, and defective humoral immunity. Also called Nezelof type of thymic alymphoplasia.