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SERTOLI CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids

Synonyms:

Sertoli's cell; Sertoli cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Sertoli cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

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 Context examples: 

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of Sertoli cells forming tubules.

(Benign Testicular Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, benign Sertoli cell tumor, seminal vesicle cystadenoma, and epididymal adenomatoid tumor.

(Benign Male Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by a mixture of two cellular populations: well differentiated Sertoli cells and granulosa cells, with the latter constituting at least ten percent of the neoplasm.

(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)