Usually means: Cell body of a neuron.
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  1. perikaryon: Merriam-Webster
  2. perikaryon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perikaryon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. perikaryon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. perikaryon: Wordnik
  6. perikaryon: Wiktionary
  7. perikaryon: Dictionary.com
  8. Perikaryon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. perikaryon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. perikaryon: Encyclopedia

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  1. perikaryon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  5. perikaryon: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  The cell body of a neuron or of an odontoblast.

Similar:
pericaryon, perikarion, neurosome, karyon, paranucleus, synkaryon, cell body, pyrenophore, kinocentrum, neuroplasm, more...

Opposite:
axon, dendrite, synapse

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Similar:
pericaryon, perikarion, neurosome, karyon, paranucleus, synkaryon, cell body, pyrenophore, kinocentrum, neuroplasm, more...

Opposite:
axon, dendrite, synapse



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