English Explanatory Dictionary

Sertoli cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.

Word forms

Sertoli cell Sertoli cells

Etymology

Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865.

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