Cajal
/ (Spanish kaˈxal) /
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noun
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.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5)|Henry Smith WilliamsThese observers then came readily to repeat Cajal's experiments.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5)|Henry Smith WilliamsRamon y Cajal's theory enables us to understand this obstacle better, perhaps, than any other.
Psychotherapy|James J. WalshRamon 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