perikaryon

[ per-i-kar-ee-on, -uhn ]

noun

, Biology.

, plural per·i·kar·y·a [per-i-, kar, -ee-, uh].

1. cell body.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perikaryon¹

1895–1900; peri- + Greek káryon nut, kernel

Example Sentences

From the base often near its middle arises one large fibre—the axone fibre, which conducts impulses away from the perikaryon.

From Project Gutenberg

In some few cells the axone breaks up into branches in the immediate neighbourhood of its own perikaryon in the cortex.

From Project Gutenberg