Word Meanings - PERICELLULAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

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• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• LYMPHOGENIC
  Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
• LYMPHOMA
  A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma. Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
• SURROUNDING
  Inclosing; encircling.
• LYMPHY
  Containing, or like, lymph.
• LYMPHATIC
  pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. 2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. Etym: Lymphatic gland , one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called
• PERICELLULAR
  Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.
• LYMPH NODE
  A lymphatic gland.
• LYMPHADENITIS
  Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
• LYMPHITIS
  See LYMPHADENITIS
• LYMPHANGIAL
  Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.
• GANGLIONIC
  Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
• SURROUND
  To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city. Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. (more info) L. super over + undare to rise
• GANGLION
  A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar. (more info) sort of swelling
• LYMPHOGRAPHY
  A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
• LYMPHOID
  Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.
• LYMPHATE; LYMPHATED
  Frightened into madness; raving.
• GANGLIONARY
  Ganglionic.
• LYMPHADENOMA
  See LYMPHOMA
• PERIGANGLIONIC
  Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.
• ENDOLYMPH
  The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
• AGANGLIONIC
  Without ganglia.
• PURKINJE'S CELLS
  Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
• ENDOLYMPHATIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
• INTERGANGLIONIC
  Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.
• ENDOLYMPHANGIAL
  Within a lymphatic vessel.