GRANULAR CELL
\ɡɹˈanjʊlə sˈɛl], \ɡɹˈanjʊlə sˈɛl], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_j_ʊ_l_ə s_ˈɛ_l]\
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Syn.: granular corpuscles, plasma cells. A cell of varying shape, possessing many shining granules, the appearance being due (a) to vacuoles, (b) to particles of a fatty substance, or (c) to the nodal or crossing points of the fibrils of the intracellular or intranuclear network.
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One of the cells forming the tunica granulosa of a graafian follicle.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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