Defn: 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
Cell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Celled.]
Defn: To place or inclosed in a cell. "Celled under ground." [R.]
Warner.
CELLA
Cel"la, n. Etym: [L.] (Arch.)
Defn: The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
CELLAR Cel"lar, n. Etym: [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell.]
Defn: A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
CELLARAGE
Cel"lar*age, n.
1. The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott. You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak.