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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and organelles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cell-body or cytoplasm of a nerve-cell, or neurone, as distinguished from its nucleus and its processes, the dendrites and neuraxon. The perikaryon consists of a twofold substance — an achromatic, fibrillar spongioplasm, regarded as conductive in function, and a trophoplasmic ground-substance, regarded as the seat of metabolic chemical changes.
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- noun The cell body of a
neuron or of anodontoblast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
unknown title 2009
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
unknown title 2009
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
unknown title 2009
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
unknown title 2009
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CWD infection was confirmed in all cases by the presence of histologic lesions in the brain including spongiform degeneration of the perikaryon, the immunohistochemical detection of disease-associated PrP in brain and tonsil, or by immunoblotting of protease-resistant, disease associated PrP (CerPrPSc).
unknown title 2009
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