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tanycytes

tanycytes is the plural of tanycyte.

Meaning of tanycyte

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.

Questions about tanycytes

What is tanycytes the plural of?
Tanycytes is the plural of tanycyte.

Words near tanycytes in the dictionary

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

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