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单词 amacrine cell
释义

Definition of amacrine cell in English:

amacrine cell

nounˈaməkrʌɪn-krɪn
Anatomy

  • A small nerve cell within the retina which has dendrites but no axon.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the major objectives of our work is to understand how the function of amacrine cell synapses is modulated.
    • Its pathogenesis is thought to involve cone and amacrine cell dysfunction in the retina.
    • Interestingly, our results indicate that signalling through different pathways can have convergent effects on amacrine cell function.
    • The best-studied amacrine cell synapses are those made onto ganglion cells and the feedback synapses made onto bipolar cells.

Origin

Early 20th century: from a-1 'not' + Greek makros 'large' + is, in- 'sinew or strip'.

 
 
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