cell body

cell body

English

Noun

cell body (plural cell bodies)

1. (biology) A cell of a unicellular organism, constituting its entire body.
2. (cytology) The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).
   1. (neurology) The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina.

      Synonyms: neurocyton, perikaryon, soma

Translations

main body of a cell

Chinese: Mandarin: 細胞體／细胞体 (zh) (xìbāo tǐ)

References

• “cell body”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cell body”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary