Golgi's cell
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldʒiz sɛl/
- Specialized
- Researchers identified several Golgi's cells in the layers of the cerebral cortex.
Examples
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The unique structure of a Golgi's cell differentiates it from other cortical neurons.
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Damage to Golgi's cells can affect neural processing in the brain.
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A Golgi's cell is crucial for understanding brain functions.
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Many researchers study Golgi's cells to learn about neural pathways.
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Researchers identified several Golgi's cells in the layers of the cerebral cortex.
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Damage to Golgi's cells can affect neural processing in the brain.
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The unique structure of a Golgi's cell differentiates it from other cortical neurons.
Synonyms
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A brain cell with short branches and a long or branching short fibre found in the cortex and cerebellum
Surface Forms
Morphology
Golgi's + cell
The element 'Golgi's' is a proper name (eponym) and carries no compositional meaning about neuronal form or function; knowing 'cell' only indicates a biological unit but not the specific anatomical properties in the definition. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would at best infer this is a cell named after someone, but would not be able to derive the technical sense (short dendrites, axon variability), so the expression is not transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Golgi's cell is named after the scientist Golgi, who first saw these special 'brain cells' when he looked through a microscope. So the name reminds us that the term means the particular kind of 'brain cell' he described.