cell body
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English
Noun
cell body (plural cell bodies)
- (biology) A cell of a unicellular organism, constituting its entire body.
- (cytology) The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).
- (neurology) The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina.
- Synonyms: neurocyton, perikaryon, soma
- (neurology) The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina.
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- “cell body”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cell body”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.