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basket cell

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Main Entry: bas·ket cell
Pronunciation: 'bas-k&t-
Function: noun
: any of the cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellum whose axons passinward and end in a basketlike network around the Purkinje cells
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basket cell bas·ket cell (bās'kĭt)
n.

  1. Any of the neurons in the cerebellum whose terminal axons form a basketlike network around another cell.

  2. A myoepithelial cell with branching processes that occurs basal to the secretory cells of certain salivary and lacrimal gland alveoli.

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