Pur·kin·je cell   (pûr-kĭn'jē)    n.  A large, drop-shaped, densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex. [After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje (1787-1869), Bohemian physiologist.]

Main Entry: Purkinje cell
Function: noun
: any of numerous nerve cells that occupy the middle layer of the cerebellar cortex and are characterized by a large globe-shapedbody with massive dendrites directed outward and a single slender axon directed inward called also Purkinje neuron

Purkinje cell Pur·kin·je cell (pər-kĭn'jē, p&oobreve;r'kĭn-yě)
n.
Any of numerous neurons of the cerebral cortex having large flask-shaped cell bodies with massive dendrites and one slender axon. Also called Purkinje corpuscle.