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Purkinje cell

American

[per-kin-jee] / pərˈkɪn dʒi /

noun

Biology.

a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.

Etymology

Origin of Purkinje cell

First recorded in 1885–90; see origin at Purkinje fiber

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