multicelled

adjective

mul·​ti·​celled ˌməl-tē-ˈseld 

-ˌtī-

variants or multicell

ˌməl-tē-ˈsel 

-ˌtī-

or multi-celled or multi-cell

: having, consisting of, or involving more than one and usually many cells

a multicell battery

multi-cell thunderstorms

especially : multicellular

multicelled plants and animals

multi-celled life

Examples of multicelled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Levin and Douglas Blackiston, a member of his laboratory at the Allen Discovery Center of Tufts University, brought together nascent skin and muscle cells from a frog embryo and shaped the multicelled assemblies by hand. —Quanta Magazine, 31 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

multicelled

adjective

mul·​ti·​celled ˌməl-tē-ˈseld, ˌməl-ˌtī- 

variants or multi-celled

: multicellular

multicelled animals

a multi-celled organism