See Also: chief cell of corpus pineale(medicine)
parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale(medicine)
corpus pineale(medicine)
chief cell(medicine)
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chief(1)(dictionary)
IN CHIEF(law)
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apocrisiary (iou) and chief cell of corpus pineale (medicine)


apocrisiary (iou)



apocrisiary noun. . LME.
[medieval Latin apocrisiarius, from Greek apokrisis answer: see -ARY1.]
A person appointed as a representative; spec. a papal nuncio.

chief cell of corpus pineale (medicine)


chief cell of corpus pineale -->
pinealocyte


A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pinealocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries.

Synonym: chief cell of corpus pineale, parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale.

Origin: pineal + G. Kytos, cell