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What does purkinjean mean?
Of or pertaining to Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Johannes Evangelists Purkinje, 1787–1869), Czech anatomist and physiologist, or to his discoveries.
Where does purkinjean come from?
From Purkinje + -an.

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