Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cell of Clau·di·us Pronunciation:
-'klaud-E-&s, -'klod- Function:
noun : one of the low cuboidal cells covering the outermostpart of the basilar membrane of the organ of Corti
Clauádiáus /'klaud-E-us,/ Friedrich Matthias (1822–1869), Austrian anatomist. Claudius studied the hearingorgans of land and marine mammals. In 1852 he described those cells in the organ of Corti which are now known as the cells of Claudius.
