cell body n 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 called also perikaryon, soma
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the enlarged portion of a neurone (nerve cell), containing the nucleus. It is concerned more with the nutrition of the cell than with propagation of nerve impulses.
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the portion of a cell that contains the nucleus, independent of projections such as an axon or dendrites.Medical dictionary. 2011.