myxocyte

plural myxocytes

1. rarebiologyA certain polyhedral or stellate cell, found in mucous tissue.

   Black arrow in image A indicates [a] myxocyte^([sic]).

   2017 February 24, Jianmeng Cao, Qiong Chen, Maixin Lu, Xinxin Hu, Miao Wang, “Histology and ultrastructure of the thymus during development in tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus”, in Journal of Anatomy, volume 230, number 5, Wiley, via Wiley Online Library, →DOI, →ISSN, Results, page 727

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   Therefore, interest has been shown pathologically as well as clinically on the presence or absence of myxocytes in the two glands and on the mechanism of their occurrence[.]

   1984 December 20, Hidetoshi Toh, Tadao Ohmori, Atsuko Sato, Sakuichiro Miyoshi, Shoji Toyoshima, “Myxocytes in human accessory parotid gland”, in Japanese Journal of Oral Biology, volume 26, number 4, via J-STAGE, →DOI, →ISSN, Introduction, page 1358, column 1

   On a postestrus vaginal smear, leukocytes, keratinocytes, and epithelial cell nuclei are found, and on an anestrus vaginal smear, there are large numbers of leukocytes and few epithelial cells and myxocytes.

   2016 September 20, Fang Li, Jizhen Feng, Dongmei Gao, Jieqiong Wang, Chunhong Song, Sheng Wei, Mingqi Qiao, “Shuyu Capsules Relieve Premenstrual Syndrome Depression by Reducing 5-HT_(3A)R and 5-HT_(3B)R Expression in the Rat Brain”, in Neural Plasticity, volume 2016, number 1, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, via Wiley Online Library, →DOI, →ISSN, 2. Materials and Methods, page 2, column 2