| actin |
any of a group of contractile proteins, including proteins involved in muscle contraction, cell motility, and maintenance of cellular shape. |
| animal |
a living creature that is generally distinguished from plants by its cellular structure and by the ability to move voluntarily. [1/5 definitions] |
| cell phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cell phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cellular phone. |
| cellular |
of or pertaining to cellular phones. [1/2 definitions] |
| cellular phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cellular phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cell phone; mobile phone. |
| DNA |
abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid; any of several acids occurring mainly in cellular nuclei and involved in the transmission of hereditary traits and the formation of proteins.. |
| endoplasm |
the inner, comparatively fluid part of the cellular material surrounding the nucleus. (Cf. ectoplasm.) |
| noncellular |
combined form of cellular. |
| parenchyma |
the soft, thin-walled cellular tissue of plants. [1/3 definitions] |
| phloem |
the soft tissue in vascular plants that contains tubes and other cellular and fibrous material used to conduct food. |
| phosphatide |
a lipid compound, such as lecithin, that contains both phosphoric acid and glycerol and occurs in the fatty tissue of cellular organisms. |
| receptor |
in biochemistry, a protein that receives a chemical signal sent from another cell, and elicits a cellular response. [1/2 definitions] |
| recombination |
the formation of new and different sets of chromosomes or genes through cellular reproductive activity or artificial manipulation. |
| text |
a written message sent by a cellular telephone; text message. [3/8 definitions] |
| text message |
a short message typed on the keypad of a cellular phone and transmitted to another cellular phone. Text messages often employ shortened forms of words, which may also include numbers to represent sounds within words or to represent whole words; text. [1/3 definitions] |