Cajal

/ (Spanish kaˈxal) /


noun
  1. Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906.

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How to use Cajal in a sentence

  • When Dr. Cajal announced his discovery, in 1889, his revolutionary claims not unnaturally amazed the mass of histologists.

  • These observers then came readily to repeat Cajal's experiments.

  • Ramon y Cajal's theory enables us to understand this obstacle better, perhaps, than any other.

    Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
  • Ramon y Cajal has described and pictured a special kind of neuroglia cells for the gray and another for the white matter.

    Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh