celled

adjective \ ˈseld \

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Definition of celled

: having (such or so many) cells —used in combination

single-celled organisms

Recent Examples of celled from the Web

Billions of years ago the single-celled common ancestor of all life on earth split into bacteria and archaea, according to evolutionary theory.

— prachi patel, Scientific American, "Engineered Microbe Shakes Up the Tree of Life," 13 July 2018
The question is whether or not the untold billions being invested into all-electric cars is any smarter, wiser or more prudent money than the untold billions that were mostly wasted on fuel celled cars.

— ed wallace, star-telegram, "Promises, Promises," 22 June 2018
When Niakan removed the gene in the human embryos, the majority of embryos failed to develop to the eight-celled blastocyst stage after seven days: a crucial stage from which the essential elements of the placenta and the embryo proper form.

— alice park, Time, "Researchers are Now Editing Genomes of Human Embryos," 20 Sep. 2017
Within less than a hundred generations in the lab, the Chlorella began coming together to form clusters, eventually settling on eight-celled colonies.

— mark strauss, National Geographic, "You May Owe Your Existence to Tiny Vampires," 9 June 2016
One-celled embryos were modified with the popular gene editing technology CRISPR, according to the story, which was picked up by the biomedical news site Stat, a sister publication to the Boston Globe.

— bradley j. fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Unconfirmed report says genetically modified human embryos created for first time," 27 July 2017
Within less than a hundred generations in the lab, the Chlorella began coming together to form clusters, eventually settling on eight-celled colonies.

— mark strauss, National Geographic, "You May Owe Your Existence to Tiny Vampires," 9 June 2016

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