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noun(my-ce-li-um)the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative body of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host); also : a similar mass of filaments formed by some bacteria (as of the genus Streptomyces)
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noun(my-ce-li-um)the phylogenetically new part of the cerebral cortex that develops from the area between the piriform lobe and the hippocampus, comprises the nonolfactory region of the cortex, and attains its maximum development in humans where it makes up the greater part of the cerebral hemisphere on each side —called also isocortex
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noun(my-ce-li-um)cerebral cortex
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noun(my-ce-li-um)the transitional epithelium that lines most structures of the urinary tract —called also uroepithelium