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cell body
noun
, Biology.
- the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites.
cell body
- The portion of a neuron that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites or axon.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cell body1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
“It might be that if you can rescue the cell body [with neural stem cells], you can rescue that connection,” said Glass.
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(A) Cell body of the parent bacillus unaltered in shape (Fig. 91, a).
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Thus, by this first ergonomy, the nucleus became the vehicle of heredity and the cell-body the organ of adaptation.
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Hence many cytologists regard the centrosoma as a secondary product of differentiation in the cell-body, not the nucleus.
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From this cell body extends a tiny thread of living protoplasm.
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In the cells of plants, in addition to the cell wall, the cell body and the cell juice require to be examined.
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