noun
a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter
• Syn: ↑Golgi's cell
• Hypernyms: ↑brain cell
• Part Holonyms: ↑cerebral cortex, ↑cerebral mantle, ↑pallium, ↑cortex, ↑spinal cord, ↑medulla spinalis
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nounUsage: usually capitalized G
Etymology: after C. Golgi
: a neuron with short dendrites and with either a long axon or an axon that breaks into processes soon after leaving the nerve-cell body
Useful english dictionary. 2012.