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podocyte

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podocyte /podo·cyte/ (pod´ah-sīt) an epithelial cell of the visceral layer of a renal glomerulus, having a number of footlike radiating processes (pedicels).
pod·o·cyte (pd-st)
n.
An epithelial cell of the renal glomerulus, attached to the outer surface of the glomerular capillary basement membrane by cytoplasmic foot processes.
podocyte [pod´o-sīt]
an epithelial cell of the visceral layer of a renal glomerulus, having a number of footlike radiating processes (pedicles).
podocyte
an epithelial cell of the visceral layer of a renal glomerulus, having a number of footlike radiating processes (pedicles).
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