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acellular

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acellular /acel·lu·lar/ (a-sel´u-ler) not cellular in structure.
a·cel·lu·lar (-sly-lr)
adj.
1. Containing no cells; not made of cells.
2. Devoid of cells; noncellular.
3. Of or relating to unicellular organisms that do not become multicellular and are complete within a single cell unit.
acellular
[āsel′yələr]
without cells.
acellular,
adj not composed of or having cells.
acellular
not cellular in structure.


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An acellular pertussis combination vaccine (DTaP-Hib) was used from 1999 to 2002 because of a shortage of the whole cell pertussis combination (DTwP-Hib) vaccine.
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