SUSTENTACULAR CELL


Meaning of SUSTENTACULAR CELL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsəs-tən-ˈta-kyə-lər-, -ˌten- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin sustentaculum supporting part, from Latin, prop, from sustentare

Date: 1901

: a supporting epithelial cell (as a Sertoli cell or a cell of the olfactory epithelium) that lacks a specialized function (as nerve-impulse conduction)

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