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amacrine

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amacrine /am·a·crine/ (am´ah-krēn)
1. without long processes.
2. see under cell.
am·a·crine (m-krn, -krn)
n.
A cell or structure lacking a long fibrous process.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a cell that lacks long processes.
amacrine
without long processes.
amacrine cell
a branched retinal nerve cell without an axon.


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