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    GOLGI CELL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 matterplay

    Synonyms:

    Golgi's cell; Golgi cell

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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