goblet cell

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goblet cell

n.
Any of the specialized epithelial cells found in the mucous membrane of the stomach, intestines, and respiratory passages that secrete mucus.
[From its shape.]
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gob′let cell`


n.
a goblet-shaped epithelial cell that secretes mucin.
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Noun1.goblet cell - an epithelial cell that secretes mucous
epithelial cell - one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
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Translations

goblet cell

n (Bio) → cellula calciforme
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gob·let cell

n. célula caliciforme secretora que se localiza en el epitelio del tubo digestivo y del tubo respiratorio.
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This region contained a few cells with a more globose appearance, like caliciform cells, and a normal nucleus (Figs.
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The cell elements predominating in this epithelium are the ciliated columnar cells and the caliciform cells. According to Bak-Pedersen and Nielsen (1986), vestibular folds play a fundamental role in the lubrification mechanism of the laryngeal epithelium, since the number of subepithelial glands found in this fold was greater (128 gland/ cm3) in comparison with the vocal fold (13 gland/[cm.sup.3]).
Morphological and histochemical analysis of the human vestibular fold/ Analisis morfologico e histoquimico del pliegue vestibular humano

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