acid cell

noun

1

anatomy : a gastric parietal cell

2

a

: an electric storage cell with an acid electrolyte (as dilute sulfuric acid)

b

: lead-lead acid cell

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

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