cellifugaladj.
/sɛˈlɪfjᵿɡl/, U.S. /sɛˈlɪf(j)əɡ(ə)l/ Physiology. Now rare.
= cellulifugal adj.
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panthodic1850
anodic1852
cellulifugal1894
cellifugal1901
cellipetal1901
orthodromic1943
1901 J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. I. 169/2 There is usually an obvious morphological difference between the cellifugal and the cellipetal processes of a nerve-cell.
1904 E. B. Titchener tr. W. M. Wundt Princ. Physiol. Psychol. I. 42 The dendrites are devoted exclusively to cellipetal, the neurites to cellifugal [Ger. cellulifugalen] conduction.
1951 J. M. Oppenheimer in H. Helson Theoret. Found. Psychol. ii. 53 The afferent neurones are unipolar in the adult vertebrate, the single process branching to form a cellipetal and a cellifugal process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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