Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large, drop-shaped, densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex.
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- noun A kind of
GABAergic neuron located in thecerebellar cortex .
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- noun a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex
Etymologies
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[After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje, (1787–1869), Bohemian physiologist.]
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Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně.
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