cellularity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English cellular

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English cellularity

From cellular + -ity.

Noun

cellularity (countable and uncountable, plural cellularities)

1. (medicine) The number and type of cells in a given tissue
   • 1994, Stanley Hoppenfeld, Michael S. Zeide, “Chondrosarcoma”, in Orthopaedic Dictionary‎^[1], →ISBN, page 61:

     Microscopically, there are cartilaginous cells with increased cellularity and pleomorphism in comparison to benign tumors.

Derived terms

• acellularity
• hepatocellularity
• hypercellularity
• hypocellularity
• pluricellularity