Pur·kin·je cell (pûr-k n j )n. A large, drop-shaped, densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex. [After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje (1787-1869), Bohemian physiologist.] |
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| Noun | 1. | Purkinje cell - a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex brain cell - a nerve cell in the brain |
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