: having (such or so many) cells—used in combination
single-celled organisms
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Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that can persist in the bodies of humans and other animals for as long as a lifetime.—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022 In the single-celled parasite that causes malaria, messing up its lysosome kills it.—Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020 The woman inmate was housed with her regular unit until evacuation, and then was housed in a celled unit once at Deer Ridge, Black said.—oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2020 Some Fresh Express bags of salad should be thrown out because they could be infected with a harmful, single-celled parasite called Cyclospora cayetanensis, federal food safety officials said this week.—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 29 July 2020 These single-celled, photosynthesizing bacteria do not produce it.—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2014
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