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
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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