- somatochrome
- Denoting the group of neurons or nerve cells in which there is an abundance of cytoplasm completely surrounding the nucleus. [somato- + G. chroma, color]
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so·mato·chrome (so-matґo-krōm) [somato- + -chrome] any neuron that has cytoplasm completely surrounding the nucleus and easily stainable Nissl bodies.
Medical dictionary. 2011.