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intracellular

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Inside or within a cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • an intracellular process

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

located or occurring within a cell or cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intracellular fluid

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: extracellular

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English cellular English intracellular From intra- + cellular.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: унутрыкле́тачны (unutrykljétačny) — within a cell
  • Catalan: intracel·lular — within a cell
  • Czech: nitrobuněčný — within a cell
  • Finnish: solunsisäinen — within a cell
  • French: intracellulaire — within a cell
  • German: intrazellulär — within a cell
  • Hungarian: intracelluláris — within a cell
  • Ido: intracelula — within a cell
  • Indonesian: intraseluler — within a cell
  • Italian: intracellulare — within a cell
  • Norwegian: intercellulær — within a cell
  • Polish: wewnątrzkomórkowy — within a cell
  • Portuguese: intracelular — within a cell
  • Romanian: intracelular — within a cell
  • Russian: внутрикле́точный (vnutriklétočnyj) — within a cell
  • Russian: интрацеллюля́рный (intracelljuljárnyj) — within a cell
  • Spanish: intracelular — within a cell
  • Swedish: intracellulär — within a cell
  • Ukrainian: внутрішньокліти́нний (vnutrišnʹoklitýnnyj) — within a cell
  • Vietnamese: nội bào — within a cell
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