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" Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Bacteria are the model organisms for everything that we know in higher organisms. There are 10 times more bacterial cells in you or on you than human cells."
Bonnie Bassler

Meaning of "single-celled" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SINGLE-CELLED

ˌsɪŋɡəlˈsɛld


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINGLE-CELLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Single-Celled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SINGLE-CELLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unicellular organism

A unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism, is an organism that consists of only one cell, unlike a multicellular organism that consists of multiple cells. Historically the simple single celled organisms have sometimes been referred to as monads. The main groups of unicellular organisms are bacteria, archaea, protozoa, unicellular algae and unicellular fungi. Unicellular organisms fall into two general categories: prokaryotic organisms and eukaryotic organisms. Unicellular organisms are believed to be the oldest form of life, possibly existing 3.8 billion years ago. Prokaryotes, most Protista, and some fungi, are unicellular. Although some of these organisms live in colonies, they are still unicellular. These organisms live together, and each cell in the colony is the same. However, each individual cell must carry out all life processes to survive. In contrast, even the simplest multicellular organisms have cells that depend on each other to survive. Some organisms are partially uni- and multicellular, like Dictyostelium discoideum. The other can be unicellular and multinucleate, like Myxogastria and Plasmodium.

Definition of single-celled in the English dictionary

The definition of single-celled in the dictionary is having or containing a single cell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SINGLE-CELLED

beheld · celled · Danegeld · eld · fjeld · geld · gelled · held · Krefeld · meld · rocket-propelled · seld · shelled · speld · unfelled · unparalleled · upheld · weld · yeld · Ziegfeld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINGLE-CELLED

single-acting · single-action · single-barrelled · single-blind · single-breasted · single-cell protein · single-crop farming · single-cross · single-cut file · single-decker · single-density · single-end · single-ended · single-engined · single-figure · single-foot · single-handed · single-handedly · single-handedness · single-lens reflex

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINGLE-CELLED

called · cancelled · compelled · empanelled · excelled · expelled · fuelled · gravelled · labelled · levelled · modelled · panelled · propelled · quarrelled · rebelled · repelled · revelled · self-propelled · shrivelled · travelled · unlabelled

Synonyms and antonyms of single-celled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «single-celled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINGLE-CELLED

Find out the translation of single-celled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of single-celled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «single-celled» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

单细胞
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

unicelular
570 millions of speakers
en

English

single-celled
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एकल celled
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وحيدة الخلية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

одноклеточные
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

unicelular
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

এককোষী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

unicellulaire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bersel satu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Einzeller
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

単細胞の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

단세포
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tunggal sel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đơn bào
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு கல
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एकल-कोशिका
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tek hücreli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

unicellulari
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

jednokomórkowy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

одноклітинні
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

unicelular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοκύτταροι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enkelsellige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

encelliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

encellede
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about single-celled

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2 QUOTES WITH «SINGLE-CELLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word single-celled.
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Bonnie Bassler
Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Bacteria are the model organisms for everything that we know in higher organisms. There are 10 times more bacterial cells in you or on you than human cells.
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Sarah Monette
Life on Mars would be awesome! Even single-celled life, although I admit that in my heart of hearts, I want it to be the barge-people of the canals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINGLE-CELLED»

Discover the use of single-celled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to single-celled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Single-Celled Organisms
Elaine Pascoe. This One FJPZ-7FJ-4LFZ I <A 'Kid's guide Cra tfee lassification qLivingVhiiig ^./ *
Elaine Pascoe, 2003
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A Textbook of Science for the Health Professions
Homeostasis in single-celled organisms Single-celled organisms such as bacteria and protozoa are capable of withstanding relatively large alterations in their external environment. This is due to their ability to perform all the functions that are ...
Barry G. Hinwood, 1997
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Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology
FIGURE 13.20 Red algae and green algae. A A marine red alga with the typical branching body plan. B A multicelled marine green alga with spongy branches. C A single-celled freshwater green alga that has just divided to form two cells.
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2009
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Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition
As discussed above, the basic principles of molecular biology have been investigated in simple single-celled prokaryotes. However, to obtain knowledge that is useful in medicine and agriculture, researchers need model organisms that are ...
David P. Clark, 2005
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Parasites: Latching on to a Free Lunch
SINGLE-CELLED. PARASITES. Many Africans don't have enough to eat. Meanwhile, the center of the continent has vast stretches of fertile grassland. The land seems ideal for raising cattle or other farm animals. But no farmers or ranchers live ...
Paul Fleisher, 2006
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Petroleum Geoscience: From Sedimentary Environments to Rock ...
According to skeletal composition, microfossils can be arranged into five groups, which comprise several taxonomic divisions: (1) Calcareous microfossils: calcitic and arago- nitic foraminifera, single-celled heterotrophs; ostracods, microscopic ...
Knut Bjorlykke, 2010
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Cells and Life Processes
This type of bacteria can cause gum disease and mouth ulcers. Notice how two of the bacteria are dividing (upper left and lower right). Microscopic image x 18,000 magnification. 5 Single-celled organisms are classified as living because they ...
Denise Walker, 2009
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Essential Cell Biology:
Most of these organisms we have never seen — from the many strange life-forms that thrive in the hot water that streams up out of deep ocean hydrothermal vents ( Figure 13-38), to the myriad single-celled microorganisms that thrive in the soil ...
Bruce Alberts, 1998
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Encyclopedia of Adaptations in the Natural World
These bacteria existed as free-living organisms millions of years ago until a very strange union was forged with another single-celled organism. We are talking about a time when all organisms were made up of just one cell. At this time, along  ...
Adam Simmons, 2009
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Exploring Life Science: Lymphatic systems - organisms
contain hundreds, thousands, or even millions of cells. A cell is a unit of life. In the case of a single-celled organism, the cell carries out all the activities of life. A particular cell in a many-celled (multicellular) organism may carry out most but not ...
‎2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINGLE-CELLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term single-celled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Single cell eyeball creature startles scientists
This rare, single-celled sea creature has fashioned itself an eye with a basic lens, cornea and retina. What could it tell us about the eye's evolution? Viviane ... «Cosmos, Jul 15»
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Single-celled plankton evolves tiny, human-like eye
"It's an amazingly complex structure for a single-celled organism to have evolved," said lead author Greg Gavelis, a zoology PhD student at the University of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Single-celled bug uses camera-like 'eye' to fine prey despite having …
Scientists have discovered a single-celled organism called Erythropsidinium has evolved a lone camera-like eye that it uses to detect its transparent prey. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Single-Celled Critter Now Earliest Human Ancestor?
A single-celled organism discovered in sediment a mile and a half down in the Atlantic Ocean is being called our earliest ancestor, according to a study ... «Discovery News, May 15»
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Microscopic vampire amoebas are swarming everywhere
The vampires here are single-celled organisms called vampyrellids that prey on all manner of other single-celled organisms – and even on bigger animals such ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
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Single-Celled Protist Has Extraordinary Fragmented Genome
September 9, 2014 | The pond-dwelling protist Oxytricha Trifallax, already known for the genomic oddity of having roughly 16,000 chromosomes, has revealed ... «Bio-IT World, Sep 14»
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A Single-Celled Organism Commits The World's First Murder
At the dawn of life on Earth, a group of early lifeforms is eager to get on with this whole living and adapting business. But one of them is getting a bit annoyed ... «io9, Sep 14»
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Single-celled organisms discovered under antarctic ice living on diet …
Despite having a similar size and appearance to bacteria, archaea are a distinct kingdom of single-celled life. They are notable in biological and astronomical ... «Geek, Aug 14»
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How Life Made the Leap From Single Cells to Multicellular Animals
James O'Brien for Quanta magazine. For billions of years, single-celled creatures had the planet to themselves, floating through the oceans in solitary bliss. «Wired, Aug 14»
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Starting With the Oceans, Single-Celled Organisms Will Re-Inherit …
While we enjoy all these advantages now, though, single-celled, simple organisms are just biding their time. More readily adaptable than us multi-celled ... «Motherboard, Jul 14»
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