Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cell of Dei·ters Pronunciation:
-'dIt-&rz, -&rs Function:
noun : one of the modified supporting cells prolonged into a processending in a terminal plate that are placed among and alternate with the outer hair cells of the organ of Corti called also
Deiters' cell Deiáters /'dIt-&rs,/ OttoFriedrich Karl (1834–1863), German anatomist. A student of Rudolf Virchow, Deiters made several significant contributions to the study of the anatomy of the nervous system and theinner ear. In 1865 his magnum opus on the brain and spinal marrow in mammals was posthumously published. It contained his descriptions of the structures now called the cells of Deiters and Deiters'nucleus.
