cellularizedadj.
/ˈsɛljᵿlərʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈsɛljələˌraɪzd/ Divided into separate cells or compartments; (Embryology and Biology) formed by or having undergone cellularization (cellularization n. 1).
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities > small
cellulate?a1425
cavernous1597
alveated1623
honeycombed1633
favaginous1658
cellulated1693
vesiculated1703
cellulous1712
cellulara1728
cellulose1752
cavernulous1758
comby1773
alveolate1793
vesiculate1828
cavernulated1875
cellularized1942
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into sections or compartments
cellular1745
comparted1823
pigeonholed1848
compartmented1851
compartmentalized1925
sectionalized1937
cellularized1942
1942 U.S. Patent 2,292,011 2/2 The resulting cellularized clay mass may then be molded or pressed to form the desired shape.
1953 Systematic Zool. 2 150/2 The reproductive cells, greatly increased in number, become cellularized like many other somatic cells.
1954 B. Berenson Diary 19 Feb. in Sunset & Twilight (1963) 335 No useless space giving a sense of freedom; only enough to find shelter in—in short, a return to the most primitive conditions of being ‘indoors’, only mechanized, cellularized, pigeonholed.
1970 Times 9 Apr. 24/5 The British and Irish Steam Packet Company..has ordered a new 1m. fully cellularized container ship.
2003 Nature 29 May 495/2 DNA damage in older, cellularized fruitfly embryos (when the nuclei no longer share a common cytoplasm..) does not appear to lead to centrosome inactivation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1942