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Purkinje cell
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Pur·kin·je cell  (pûr-knj)
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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Noun1.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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