cellulifugaladj.
/ˌsɛljuːˈlɪfjᵿɡl/, U.S. /ˌsɛljuˈlɪf(j)əɡ(ə)l/ Physiology.
Conveying nerve impulses away from the cell body of a neuron; moving in this direction, or away from the centre of a cell; designating or relating to such (a direction of) movement. Opposed to cellulipetal adj.
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panthodic1850
anodic1852
cellulifugal1894
cellifugal1901
cellipetal1901
orthodromic1943
1894 Lancet 29 Dec. 1555/1 Each nerve cell appears to be a minute reflex apparatus having centripetal or cellulipetal and centrifugal or cellulifugal processes, the former being represented by the protoplasmic processes and the latter by the process of Deiters.
1900 W. S. Hall Text-bk. Physiol. xiii. 538 In monaxons the impulse passes always away from the cell-body, hence is cellulifugal.
1969 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 62 722 The fact that the nucleated center of the nerve cell is the major source of the macromolecular materials required in the maintenance and function of the whole neuron requires the operation of a steady cellulifugal convection of these supplies into and down the nerve fiber.
1999 Biol. of Cell 91 205/1 The large number of free particles observed within and immediately around their [sc. Kupffer cells'] hyaloplasm was probably indicative of a cellulifugal movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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