Cellära

Cellära is a Swedish term used to describe phenomena, concepts, and processes that are cellular in nature. It functions as an adjective meaning cell-based and is occasionally used as a noun to refer to cellular aspects of biology. In Swedish scientific writing, cellära is employed to distinguish activities that involve cells from those that do not rely on cellular components.

In biology, cellära appears in discussions of cellular mechanisms such as signaling, metabolism, proliferation, differentiation, and cell–cell interaction. In medicine and immunology, it is used to refer to cellular responses and cell-based therapies, as well as to the cellular components of tissues and organs. The term is often contrasted with non-cellular or humoral elements, depending on context.

Etymology and usage notes: The word derives from the root cell (from Latin cellula) with the Swedish suffix -ära, which forms adjectives or nouns relating to the root. In English-language texts, the term is usually rendered as cellular rather than cellära, but cellära remains common in Swedish, particularly in academic writing and textbooks about biology and medicine.

See also: cellular biology, immunology, cell theory.