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Record 1 2010-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A spindle-shaped [tapered at both ends] cell characteristic of certain tumors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Les cellules fusiformes, [en forme de fuseau], du cortex cérébral sont des neurones. Leur grand axe est perpendiculaire à la surface du cortex; leurs dentrites, ascendantes et descendantes, sont issus des deux sommets; leur axone, issu latéralement du corps cellulaire, peut rester dans le cortex ou s'associer aux fibres efférentes du cortex.

CONT

[...] prolifération modérée de cellules fusiformes, ou «spindle cells» [...]

Spanish

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