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  • adjective having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)

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Examples

  • The second category is the protozoa, one-celled organisms like Giardia, which can cause acute or chronic diarrhea or can cause symptoms that are not ordinarily associated with parasitic infection like constipation, fatigue, dizziness, joint pain or hives.

    Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011

  • "The book features many enlarged photographs of the one-celled organisms."

    Chicken Spaghetti: 2009

  • The second category is the protozoa, one-celled organisms like Giardia, which can cause acute or chronic diarrhea or can cause symptoms that are not ordinarily associated with parasitic infection like constipation, fatigue, dizziness, joint pain or hives.

    Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011

  • "The book features many enlarged photographs of the one-celled organisms."

    What We're Up To, Reading-Wise 2009

  • Bacteria: Bacteria are one-celled organisms that feed on substances in the body, and when they do, they sometimes release toxins that trigger the outward symptoms of illness.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Bacteria: Bacteria are one-celled organisms that feed on substances in the body, and when they do, they sometimes release toxins that trigger the outward symptoms of illness.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • In some ways politicians - and make no mistake, they're all politicians - are like one-celled organisms.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Obama, Progressives, and Leadership 2010

  • Bacteria: Bacteria are one-celled organisms that feed on substances in the body, and when they do, they sometimes release toxins that trigger the outward symptoms of illness.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • During the Archean Eon life started and was dominated by one-celled prokaryotic life forms.

    Geologic time 2010

  • Eukaryotic one-celled organisms became dominant in the Proterozoic Eon.

    Geologic time 2010

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