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Difference between  the terms: 'acellular' and ' unicellular '

the term "unicellular" simply means "having 1 cell" while "accellular" means "lacking a cell". Bole to "it is a cell acc to cell theory or a cell is a body itself". eg  Paramecium 2 nucleus. So acc to cell theory, it is not a cell. 

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the term "unicellular" simply means "having 1 cell" while "accellular" means "lacking a cell". Bole to "it is not a cell acc to cell theory or a cell is a body itself". eg  Paramecium 2 nucleus. So acc to cell theory, it is not a cell. 

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Acellular means which do not have cell in the body. Ex. Viruses and Unicellular means body composed of single cell. Ex.Amoeba
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A cellular organism has no cells in the body while the unicellular organism had single cell in body
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The word A in biology means absent and cellular means cell for example virus etc

So it means absence of cell and unicellular means single cell for example ameoba etc
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They both r same
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Acellular= no cell
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Unicellular= 1 cell only
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AND MULTICELLULAR MEAN MANY CELLS
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Acellular means the organism is not made up of any cell eg. Viruses
Unicellular means the organism is made up of only one cell
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Acellular means without cell and unicellular means single celled
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Acellular means that the organism is not made of any cell and unicellular means that the organism is made up of a single cell.
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