cellule

[ sel-yool ]

noun

1. a minute cell.

cellule

/ ˈsɛljuːl /

noun

1. a very small cell

Word History and Origins

Origin of cellule¹

First recorded in 1645–55, cellule is from the Latin word cellula small room. See cell, -ule

Word History and Origins

Origin of cellule¹

C17: from Latin cellula, diminutive of cella cell ¹

Example Sentences

Then, with visions of "cellule" for every one concerned, four or five men sprang to pick up the champion.

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As it was, he escaped with the penalty for a night visit to the Arab quarter: eight days cellule.

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This secondary conidium can sometimes engender a third cellule by a similar process.

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For cellule means hunger and emaciation—awful hunger and awful emaciation.

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Next comes "cellule," solitary confinement on starvation diet.

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