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cajal body

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
ca-jal -body
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.

Etymology

Discovered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish neuroscientist and histologist, in 1903.

Inflected Forms

Cajal bodies (plural)

Synonyms

coiled body

Questions

What does cajal body mean?
A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.
Where does cajal body come from?
Discovered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish neuroscientist and histologist, in 1903.

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