| contrasuppressor cells | A subpopulation of T-cells, distinct from T helper cells, which inhibit T suppressor cell function. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Corti's cells | Sensory cell's in the organ of Corti in synaptic contact with sensory as well as efferent fibres of the cochlear (auditory) nerve; from the apical end of each cell about 100 stereocilia extend from the surface and make contact with the tectorial membrane. Synonym: Corti's cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myoid cells | Flattened smooth muscle-like cell's of mesodermal origin that lie just outside the basal lamina of the seminiferous tubule. Synonym: peritubular contractile cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior cells | The posterior group of air cells of the ethmoidal sinus's; each sinus communicates with the superior meatus of the nasal cavity. Synonym: sinus ethmoidales posteriores, cellulae posteriores, posterior cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior ethmoidal air cells | The posterior group of air cells of the ethmoidal sinus's; each sinus communicates with the superior meatus of the nasal cavity. Synonym: sinus ethmoidales posteriores, cellulae posteriores, posterior cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematopoietic stem cells | Progenitor cells from which all blood cells derive. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hairy cells | Medium sized leukocytes that have features of reticuloendothelial cell's and multiple cytoplasmic projections (hairs) on the cell surface, but which may be a variety of B lymphocyte; they are found in hairy cell leukaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy cells | Hypophysial chromophobe cell's that increase in number and accumulate eosinophil granules during pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregranulosa cells | Capsular cell's surrounding the primordial ova in the embryonic ovary; they are derived from celomic epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytomegalic cells | Cell's containing large intranuclear and intracytoplasmic cytomegalic inclusion bodies caused by cytomegalovirus; a member of the family Herpesviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytotrophoblastic cells | Stem cell's that fuse to form the overlying syncytiotrophoblast of placental villi. Synonym: Langhans' cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heart failure cells | Macrophages in the lung during left heart failure that often carry large amounts of haemosiderin. See: siderophore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prokaryotic cells | Cells, such as those of bacteria and the blue green algae, which lack a nuclear membrane so that the nuclear material is either scattered in the cytoplasm or collected in a nucleoid region. (12 Dec 1998) |
| HEMPAS cells | The abnormal erythrocytes of type II congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia. See: HEMPAS. (05 Mar 2000) |
| satellite cells | Neuroglial cell's surrounding the cell body of a ganglion cell in the spinal, cranial, and autonomic ganglia. (05 Mar 2000) |