Definition of Ramon y Cajal

1. Noun. Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934).

Exact synonyms: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal
Generic synonyms: Histologist

Medical Definition of Ramon y Cajal

1. See: Cajal. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramon Y Cajal

Rambourg's stains
Ramean
Rameans
Rameau
Rameses
Rameses II
Rameses the Great
Ramesh
Ramesses
Ramesses II
Ramesses the Great
Ramist
Ramists
Ramman
Ramon Lully
Ramon y Cajal (current term)
Ramona
Ramos gin fizz
Ramphastidae
Ramphomicron
Ramsar
Ramsay
Ramsay Hunt
Ramsay Hunt's syndrome
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Ramsden's ocular
Ramsden circle
Ramsden disk
Ramsden eyepiece
Ramses

Literary usage of Ramon y Cajal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biology and Its Makers by William Albert Locy (1908)
"... for applying histology to the lower animals; and Ramon y Cajal, for investigations into the histology ..."

2. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell (1901)
"BY PROFESSOR SANTIAGO Ramon y Cajal, Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the Royal University of Madrid, Spain. GENTLEMEN,—The series of lessons which I ..."

3. The Growth of the Brain: A Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education by Henry Herbert Donaldson (1895)
"... such a cell the neuron is less in volume than the cell-body. This is the extreme form of the " central cell." (Ramon y Cajal.) D, dendrons ; N, neuron. ..."

4. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1901)
"Researches of Ramon y Cajal—Denial of occurrence of anastomoses among nerve elements—The ... Santiago Ramon y Cajal has left Barcelona behind him and is now ..."

5. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"Method of S. Ramon y Cajal to show the collaterals.— i. Rather thin sections of fresh rabbit's brain are brushed over with a saturated solution of ..."

6. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"Ramon y Cajal distinguishes a superficial and a deep optic path extending from these lower centres to the occipital cortex. ..."

7. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"One of the best descriptions is that of S. Ramon y Cajal.* We can not do better perhaps, in order to illustrate the extreme complexity of the cortex in this ..."

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