BASKET CELL
\bˈaskɪt sˈɛl], \bˈaskɪt sˈɛl], \b_ˈa_s_k_ɪ_t s_ˈɛ_l]\
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A type of multipolar ganglion cell, found in the outermost gray or molecular layer of the cerebellum, whose long nerve process gives off at intervals towards the interior delicate branches which form a basketlike network around the bodies of Purkinje's cells. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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