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GOLGI CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Golgi cell mean? 

GOLGI CELL (noun)
  The noun GOLGI CELL has 1 sense:

1. a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matterplay

  Familiarity information: GOLGI CELL used as a noun is very rare.


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GOLGI CELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Golgi's cell; Golgi cell

Hypernyms ("Golgi cell" is a kind of...):

brain cell (a nerve cell in the brain)

Holonyms ("Golgi cell" is a part of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

medulla spinalis; spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)


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