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cellular (adj.)[cellular 词源字典]: 1753, with reference to cellular tissue, from Modern Latin cellularis "of little cells," from cellula "little cell," diminutive of cella (see cell). Of mobile phone systems (in which the area served is divided into "cells" of a few square miles served by transmitters), 1977. Related: Cellularity.[cellular etymology, cellular origin, 英语词源]
intracellular (adj.): 1876, from intra- + cellular.
multicellular (adj.): also multi-cellular, 1857, from multi- + cellular.
unicellular (adj.): 1858; see uni- + cellular.