extracellular

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adjective

Occurring or found outside of a cell.

Opposite
intracellular
OriginEnglish cellular ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveextracellular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOccurring or found outside of a cell.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
intracellular

adjectivelocated or occurring outside a cell or cells

Opposite
intracellular

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Englishcellular
  9. Englishextracellular

From extra- + cellular.

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Translations

Catalan extracel·lular
  • extracel·lularoccurring or found outside of a cell
Czech extracelulární, mimobuněčný
  • extracelulárníoccurring or found outside of a cell
  • mimobuněčnýoccurring or found outside of a cell
Finnish solun ulkopuolinen, solunulkoinen
  • solun ulkopuolinenoccurring or found outside of a cell
  • solunulkoinenoccurring or found outside of a cell
Hungarian extracelluláris
  • extracellulárisoccurring or found outside of a cell
Indonesian ekstraseluler, ekstrasel
  • ekstraseluleroccurring or found outside of a cell
  • ekstraseloccurring or found outside of a cell
Irish eachtarcheallach
  • eachtarcheallachoccurring or found outside of a cell
Italian extracellulare
  • extracellulareoccurring or found outside of a cell
Malay ايکستراسيل, ekstrasel
  • ايکستراسيلoccurring or found outside of a cell
  • ekstraseloccurring or found outside of a cell
Norwegian ekstracellulær
  • ekstracellulæroccurring or found outside of a cell
Polish pozakomórkowy, zewnątrzkomórkowy
  • pozakomórkowyoccurring or found outside of a cell
  • zewnątrzkomórkowyoccurring or found outside of a cell
Romanian extracelular
  • extracelularoccurring or found outside of a cell
Russian внекле́точный
  • внекле́точный (vneklétočnyj)occurring or found outside of a cell
Spanish extracelular
  • extracelularoccurring or found outside of a cell
Swedish extracellulär
  • extracelluläroccurring or found outside of a cell
Ukrainian позакліти́нний, зовнішньокліти́нний
  • позакліти́нний (pozaklitýnnyj)occurring or found outside of a cell
  • зовнішньокліти́нний (zovnišnʹoklitýnnyj)occurring or found outside of a cell
Vietnamese ngoại bào
  • ngoại bàooccurring or found outside of a cell
Cite this entry
APA

extracellular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracellular

MLA

“extracellular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracellular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extracellular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracellular.

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