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intercellular

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 S EH1 L Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Located between, or connecting, cells

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

located between cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cellular English intercellular From inter- + cellular.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: hüceyrəarası — Translations
  • Belarusian: міжкле́тачны (mižkljétačny) — Translations
  • Catalan: intercel·lular — Translations
  • Czech: mezibuněčný — Translations
  • Czech: intercelulární — Translations
  • French: intercellulaire — Translations
  • German: interzellular — Translations
  • German: interzellulär — Translations
  • Greek: μεσοκυττάριος (mesokyttários) — Translations
  • Greek: διακυτταρικός (diakyttarikós) — Translations
  • Italian: intercellulare — Translations
  • Kazakh: жасушааралық (jasuşaaralyq) — Translations
  • Macedonian: меѓукле́точен (meǵuklétočen) — Translations
  • Polish: międzykomórkowy — Translations
  • Russian: межклеточный (mežkletočnyj) — Translations
  • Spanish: intercelular — Translations
  • Ukrainian: міжкліти́нний (mižklitýnnyj) — Translations