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Webster 1913 Edition


Micella

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Mi-cel′la

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Noun.
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pl.
Micellae
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[NL., dim. of L.
mica
a morsel, grain.]
(Biol.)
A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.