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hair cells

hair cells is the plural of hair cell.

Meaning of hair cell

Noun

hair cell (plural hair cells)

  1. Any of the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates.
    • In mammals, the auditory hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear.

Questions about hair cells

What is hair cells the plural of?
Hair cells is the plural of hair cell.

Words near hair cells in the dictionary

  1. hair bundle
  2. hair bundles
  3. hair buns
  4. hair care
  5. hair cell
  6. hair cells
  7. hair chalk
  8. hair chalks
  9. hair clip
  10. hair clips
  11. hair conditioner

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