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GOLGI CELL
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Golgi's cell; Golgi cell
Classified under:
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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