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tanycyte

tanycyte noun: a type of ependymal cell, located in the floor of the third ventricle, that has processes extending deep into the hypothalamus.

Noun

tanycyte (plural tanycytes)

  1. A type of ependymal cell, located in the floor of the third ventricle, that has processes extending deep into the hypothalamus.

Forms of tanycyte

pluraltanycytes

Origin of tanycyte

From Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō, “stretch”) + -cyte. By surface analysis, tany- + cyte.

Words formed from tanycyte

Questions about tanycyte

What does tanycyte mean?
Tanycyte means a type of ependymal cell, located in the floor of the third ventricle, that has processes extending deep into the hypothalamus.
What part of speech is tanycyte?
Tanycyte is a noun.
What is the plural of tanycyte?
The plural of tanycyte is tanycytes.

Words near tanycyte in the dictionary

  1. tanyan
  2. tanyans
  3. tanyard
  4. tanyards
  5. Tanybryn
  6. tanycyte
  7. tanycytes
  8. tanycytic
  9. tanyderid
  10. tanyderids
  11. Tanygrisiau

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