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Horizontal cell
A neuron of the inner nuclear layer of the retina. The axons of these cells run horizontally and connect various parts of the retina.
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Holly leaf cell
A cell found in blood smears of persons with sickle cell anemia.
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Gustatory cell
A neuroepithelial cell or taste cell of a taste bud.
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Granule cell
A small neuron of the cerebrum or the cerebellum that contains granules.
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Giant
An active, multinucleated phagocyte created by several individual macrophages that have merged around a large pathogen or a substance resistant to destruction, such as a splinter or surgical suture. An individual or structure much larger than normal.
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Ganglion cell
Any neuron whose cell body is located within a ganglion.
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Flame cell
A bone marrow cell with a bright red cytoplasm, occasionally found in the marrow of patients with multiple myeloma.
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Delta cell
A cell of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas that secretes somatostatin.
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Cuboid cell
A cell with height about equal to width and depth.
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Clue cell
A vaginal epithelial cell, thickly coated with coccobacillary organisms; a hallmark of bacterial vaginosis.
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