Definition of Cell-free

1. Adjective. Lacking cells. "A cell-free homogenate of the thyroid"

Similar to: Acellular, Noncellular

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cell-free

celiomyositis
celioparacentesis
celiopathy
celiorrhaphy
celiosalpingectomy
celiosalpingotomy
celioscopy
celiotomy incision
celiprolol
celitis
cell
cell-adhesion molecule
cell-adhesion molecules
cell-bound antibody
cell-free (current term)
cell-free extract
cell-free protein synthesis
cell-free system
cell-like
cell-mediated immune response
cell-mediated immunity
cell-mediated reaction
cell-phones
cell-wall
cell adhesion
cell adhesion kinase
cell adhesion molecule
cell adhesion molecules
cell aggregation

Literary usage of Cell-free

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Cyclic AMP Action in Cell-Free Extracts A detailed investigation of the mechanism of action of cyclic AMP requires studies in a cell-free system. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"There were no cells or debris present in either the cell-free plasma fractions B ... On the other hand, the cell-free plasma fraction produced by low-speed ..."

3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Bromberg J, Pick E. Unsaturated fatty acids stimulate NADPH-dependent Superoxide production by cell-free system derived from macrophages. ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The presence or absence of live blood cells in the inoculum is presumably of no consequence, since the disease can be induced in typical form by cell-free ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"He has succeeded in producing the tumor in normal hosts by a cell-free filtrate ... This growth from the cell-free filtrate has furnished tumors capable of ..."

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