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per⋅i⋅kar⋅y⋅on

  [per-i-kar-ee-on, -uhn]
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–noun, plural -kar⋅y⋅a  [-kar-ee-uh] . Biology.
cell body.
Origin:
1895–1900; peri- + Gk káryon nut, kernel
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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.
Also called perikaryon.

Origin:
1875–80
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per·i·kar·y·on   (pěr'ĭ-kār'ē-ŏn', -ən)   
n.   pl. per·i·kar·y·a (-kār'ē-ə)
The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and organelles.

[peri- + Greek karuon, nut; see karyo-.]
per'i·kar'y·al (-ē-əl) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cell body
Function: noun
: the nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of thegray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina called also perikaryon, soma

Main Entry: peri·kary·on
Variant: also peri·cary·on /-'kar-E-"än, -&n/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural peri·karya also peri·carya /-E-&/
: CELL BODY —peri·kary·al /-E-&l/ adjective
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cell body n.
The part of a neuron containing the nucleus but not incorporating the axon and dendrites. Also called soma.

perikaryon per·i·kar·y·on (pěr'ĭ-kār'ē-ŏn', -ən)
n. pl. per·i·kar·y·a (-kār'ē-ə)

  1. The cytoplasm of a cell, exclusive of its nucleus.

  2. The cell body of a neuron.

  3. The body of the odontoblast exclusive of the dentinal fiber.

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cell body  
The portion of a neuron that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites or axon.
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