apolaradj.
/əˈpəʊlə/ Biology.
Having no ‘poles’ or fibrous processes; sometimes applied to those nerve cells which have no ‘polar’ connection with the nerve-fibres.
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calcigerous1839
apolar1859
monocentric1878
angioblastic1879
mononuclear1886
heterocystous1887
collared1888
oxyphil1893
adendritic1894
neuroblastic1895
amacrine1901
diploid1908
akaryote1909
oat-celled1916
siderocytic1922
hepatocellular1940
promyelocytic1943
podocytic1955
sideroblastic1956
pagetoid1959
melanocytic1961
spheroplasted1973
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 436/2 The ganglionic corpuscles..termed by Stannius apolar cells.
1880 H. C. Bastian Brain iii. 48 Many of the so-called apolar nerve-cells may be nothing more than imperfectly developed ganglion cells.
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