Deitersn.
/ˈdʌɪtəz/ Used to designate various anatomical structures. cells of Deiters n. (a) the outer hair cells in the organ of Corti; (b) the astrocytes of the neuroglia. nucleus of Deiters n. the lateral vestibular nucleus (nucleus n. 6) in the brain.
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1867 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 7) III. 767 Alternating with the outer ciliated cells [in the organ of Corti] are the cells of Deiters, which are fusiform and prolonged into a thread at each extremity.
1886 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. I. iii. 107 Fine fibres..form a network. At their intersections are peculiar cells consisting of a nucleus and small cell body (‘glia-cells’, ‘cells of Deiters’).
1890 A. Hill tr. H. Obersteiner Anat. Central Nerv. Organs 225 This region is..known as the large-celled nucleus of the auditory nerve (Deiters' nucleus).
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 742/2 Certain cerebellar cells send processes down to the cell-group in the bulb known as the nucleus of Deiters, which latter projects fibres down the spinal cord.
1964 J. Z. Young Model of Brain Gloss. 335/2 Deiter's [sic] nucleus, nerve-cell region receiving signals from the organ of balance via the vestibular nerve.
1966 R. O. Greep Histol. (ed. 2) xxxvi. 866/1 The supporting cells of the outer hair cells are the outer phalangeal cells, or Deiters' cells.
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