See Also: Purkinje's cells(medicine)
Purkinje(dictionary)
Purkinje's figures(medicine)
Purkinje shift(medicine)
Purkinje images(medicine)
Purkinje fibre(medicine)
Purkinje effect(medicine)
Purkinje conduction(medicine)
Purkinje cell(medicine)
Purkinje system(medicine)

spital (iou) and Purkinje's cells (medicine)


spital (iou)



spital noun. Also spittal. ME.
[Partly respelling of SPITTLE noun2, partly aphet. from HOSPITAL noun.]
= HOSPITAL noun 2. Now arch. & poet. ME.
A shelter for travellers. Chiefly Scot. E18.

Purkinje's cells (medicine)


Purkinje's cells -->
Purkinje cell
<neurology, pathology> A class of output neurons in the cerebellum, which are the only neurons that convey signals away from the cerebellum. They form a layer of large ganglion cells near the surface of the cerebellum.

Origin: From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.