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Intracellular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Occurring or situated within a cell or cells: intracellular fluid.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Inside or within a cell.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Within a cell. Contrasted with extracellular.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Existing or done inside of a cell: opposed to extracellular: as, intracellular circulation or digestion; intracellular formation of spores in certain fungi. Most of the vital activities or functions of the Protozoa are intracellular.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. located or occurring within a cell or cells

Word Usage

"Action potentials almost always generate large increases in intracellular calcium to exert any biological effect such as the release of neurotransmitters to excite or inhibit the next neuron in the pathway."

Antonym

extracellular

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

extracellular cytoplasmic cellular Gram-negative lipid