precellularadj.
/priːˈsɛljᵿlə/, U.S. /priˈsɛljələr/ Biology.† 1. = preganglionic adj. Obsolete. rare.
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motive?a1425
recurrent1578
motory1683
refluent1741
abducent1752
motorial1768
internuncial1821
motor1823
centrifugal1828
unfilamentous1828
masticatory1834
aesthesodic1859
incito-motor1865
vaso-motor1865
kinesodic1874
centripetal1877
vaso-motorial1877
incito-motory1884
augmentor1885
pilomotor1891
postfixed1892
postganglionic1892
precellular1892
prefixed1892
preganglionic1892
plurisegmental1898
nocifensor1936
1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 52 548 The fibres, before and after they have joined nerve-cells, I shall call respectively pre-ganglionic or pre-cellular, and post-ganglionic or post-cellular.
2. Prior to the origin of cellular life; prior to the development of a distinct cellular structure.
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precellular1916
1916 Sci. Monthly Sept. 289 In the origin of life they lie half way between the hypothetical chemical pre-cellular stages and the chemistry and definite cell structure of the lowliest plants or algae.
1974 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71 286/2 (heading) An hypothesis for the initiation of precellular evolution.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 3953/2 Complex cross-regulatory interactions among gap and pair-rule products occur in the precellular blastoderm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1892