PYRAMIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyramidal mean? 

• PYRAMIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective PYRAMIDAL has 1 sense:

1. resembling a pyramid

  Familiarity information: PYRAMIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYRAMIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a pyramid

Synonyms:

pyramidal; pyramidic; pyramidical

Similar:

pointed (having a point)

Derivation:

Pyramid (a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt)

pyramid (a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex)

 Context examples 

This area consists of pyramidal cells that send axons to layer V of the entorhinal cortex and the subiculum.

(CA1 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)

The University of Szeged researchers found that the rosehip neurons form synapses with another type of neuron in a different part of the human cortex, known as pyramidal neurons.

(Mysterious New Type of Human Brain Cell Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The second layer of the cerebral cortex, composed of many small pyramidal cells and granule cells with short axons.

(External Granular Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

Severely reduced physical and mental growth associated with pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs and symptoms, due to dietary iodine deficiency.

(Endemic Cretinism, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth layer of the cerebral cortex, composed of the largest pyramidal cells (Martinotti's cells and Betz's cells), and traversed by a layer of horizontally arranged fibers.

(Ganglionic Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

The questionnaire contains 7 functional system; pyramidal functions, cerebellar functions, brainstem functions, sensory function, bowel and bladder function, visual function, and cerebral (or mental) functions.

(Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus.

(Kupffer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores (KFSS) Record number 1 in small box when weakness (grade 3 or worse on pyramidal) interferes with testing.

(KFSS - Weakness Interferes With Testing, NCI Thesaurus)

At one point was an isolated pyramidal rock, crowned by a great tree, which appeared to be separated by a cleft from the main crag.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This area contains pyramidal cells that send axons to the CA1 field and acts as a pacemaker, setting the pace for neuronal firing in the hippocampus.

(CA3 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)