cell body (English, noun)
expansion: cell body (plural cell bodies)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell of a unicellular organism, constituting its entire body.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).
The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina.
Forms:
form: cell bodies
tags: plural