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spongiocyte, n. Histol. (now rare).|ˈspɒndʒɪəʊsaɪt| [f. spongio- + -cyte.] a. Any cell of the neuroglia.
1894P. A. Fish in Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. IV. 175 As a convenient correlative spongiocyte may used for the glia or neuroglia cell. b. Any cell of a type found in the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex, whose cytoplasm contains droplets of lipid which when removed give the cell a spongy appearance.
[1902Comptes Rendus Soc. de Biologie LIV. 1310 La zone externe de la couche fasciculée des capsules surrénales est constituée, chez le cobaye, par l'agglomération de cellules irrégulières, volumineuses,..décrites par Guiyesse (Thèse de Doctorat, Paris, 1901). Selon ce dernier, ces cellules dites Spongiocytes, ont un corps protoplasmique trabéculaire.] 1930Maximow & Bloom Text-bk. Histol. xxxiv. 705 The cell appears to be made up of a spongy vacuolated cytoplasm... Because of this appearance these cells are sometimes called ‘spongiocytes’. 1961Lancet 19 Aug. 416/1 Noticeable enlargement of the fasciculata which is made up of spongiocytes full of lipoid. 1985C. R. Leeson et al. Textbk. Histol. (ed. 5) xiv. 452/2 Since lipids are removed by the usual technical procedures, the cells here appear vacuolated and have a spongy appearance; hence sometimes they are called spongiocytes. |