Holding or containing lime.

Having no ‘poles’ or fibrous processes; sometimes applied to those nerve cells which have no ‘polar’ connection with the nerve-fibres.

Science. Having a single centre.

†(a) of or relating to the formation of blood vessels (cf. angioplastic, adj. 1) (obsolete); (b) of or relating to angioblasts; containing or…

Designating a leucocyte with a single round nucleus (in contrast to the lobed, and often apparently multiple, nucleus of a polymorphonuclear…

containing heterocysts.

Said of cells, etc.; cf. collar, n. 17d.

= acidophilic, adj.

Of a cell: lacking dendrites. Also: designating this form or type of cell.

Of, relating to, consisting of, or derived from neuroblasts; of the nature of a neuroblast.

Designating a type of small nerve cell in the inner nuclear layer of the retina which has neurites with characteristics of both axons and dendrites.

Biology.Of a cell or its nucleus: having two homologous sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, each containing the haploid number of chromosomes…

Of a cell or a stage in cell division: characterized by the lack of a distinct nucleus.

Composed of oat cells (oat cell, n. 1).

of or relating to a siderocyte; containing or characterized by the presence of siderocytes.

of or pertaining to hepatic cells.

relating to, consisting of, or designating a podocyte or podocytes.

of or relating to a sideroblast; characterized by the presence of an abnormally high number of sideroblasts in the bone marrow (esp. in sideroblast…

Resembling a Paget cell.

Of or relating to a melanocyte; involving melanocytes.