a. [f. L. cellula, CELLULE + -ATE2 2.] Composed of or containing cells. Hence Cellulate v. trans., to furnish with cells; to render cellular. Cellulated ppl. a. = CELLULATE; Cellulation, development of cells.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. i. Matrixes … Architectonically cellulated.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 761/1. A vertical section … exhibited a mass … cellulated or porous. Ibid. (1839–47), III. 568/1. A section of it, as it thus cellulates the neck.
1854. J. Hogg, Microsc., II. ii. (1867), 382. Melosira cribosa, marine, orbicular, cellulate. Ibid. (1859), V. 474/2. A process of … cellulation takes place.
