Medical Definition of Nissl substance

1. The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites. Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, Nissl bodies, Nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nissl Substance

Nisibenes
Nisibis
Nisquallies
Nisqually
Nissan
Nisse
Nissen
Nissen's operation
Nissen hut
Nissen huts
Nissl
Nissl's stain
Nissl degeneration
Nissl granule
Nissl granules
Nissl substance (current term)
Nitabuch
Nitabuch's layer
Nitabuch's membrane
Nitabuch's stria
Nitella
Nitinol
Nitrobacteriaceae
Nitrospan
Nitrostat
Niue
Niuean
Niueans
Nivkh
Nivkhi

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