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mossy cell

mossy cell noun: a kind of excitatory cell in the hilus of the dentate gyrus within the brain, thought to play a preparatory role in data retrieval.

Noun

mossy cell (plural mossy cells)

  1. A kind of excitatory cell in the hilus of the dentate gyrus within the brain, thought to play a preparatory role in data retrieval.

Forms of mossy cell

pluralmossy cells

Questions about mossy cell

What does mossy cell mean?
Mossy cell means a kind of excitatory cell in the hilus of the dentate gyrus within the brain, thought to play a preparatory role in data retrieval.
What part of speech is mossy cell?
Mossy cell is a noun.
What is the plural of mossy cell?
The plural of mossy cell is mossy cells.

Words near mossy cell in the dictionary

  1. mosstone
  2. mosstrooper
  3. mosstroopers
  4. mosstrooping
  5. mossy
  6. mossy cell
  7. mossy cells
  8. Mossy Point
  9. mossy saxifrage
  10. mossy saxifrages
  11. mossy stonecrop

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