cellipetaladj.
/sɛˈlɪpᵻtl/, U.S. /sɛˈlɪpᵻdl/ Physiology. Now rare.
= cellulipetal 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. Wundt Princ. Physiol. Psychol. I. ii. 42 Ramon y Cajal has accordingly suggested that the dendrites are devoted exclusively to cellipetal, the neurites to cellifugal 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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