| mossy fibres | Highly branched nerve fibre's in the cerebellar cortex that terminate in rosette formations and synapse upon granule cell dendrites. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mossy fibres, hippocampal | Axons of certain cells in the dentate gyrus. They project to the polymorphic layer of the dentate gyrus and to the proximal dendrites of pyramidal cells of the hippocampus. These mossy fibres should not be confused with mossy fibres that are cerebellar afferents (see nerve fibres). (12 Dec 1998) |
| mossy foot | A profuse velvety papillomatous growth that develops large warty projections; caused by chronic lymphedema and stasis with maceration and associated infection. Synonym: lymphedematous keratoderma, lymphostatic verrucosis. (05 Mar 2000) |