Pertaining to the basic units of life (8)

I believe the answer is:

cellular

(Other definitions for cellular that I've seen before include "All cruel (anag.)" , "Pitted" , "Race lull (anag.)" , "Divided into small compartments - porous" , "Of the basic unit of all organisms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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