spongiocyten.
/ˈspɒndʒɪəʊsʌɪt/ Histology (now rare).
a. Any cell of the neuroglia.
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glia cell1886
spider-cell1888
spider1893
spongiocyte1894
1894 P. 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.
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pelvis1679
renal pelvis1757
suprarenal1798
Malpighian body1842
Malpighian capsule1842
Malpighian tuft1842
Malpighian corpuscle1848
adrenal1863
zona fasciculata1874
zona glomerulosa1874
zona reticularis1874
Bowman's capsule1882
Malpighian pyramid1889
fore-kidney1892
spongiocyte1930
mesangium1934
lacis1961
lacis cell1962
nephron1965
1902 Comptes Rendus Soc. de Biologie 54 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.]
1930 A. A. Maximow & W. 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’.
1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 416/1 Noticeable enlargement of the fasciculata which is made up of spongiocytes full of lipoid.
1985 C. 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.
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