SERTOLI CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sertoli cell mean? 

• SERTOLI CELL (noun)
  The noun SERTOLI CELL has 1 sense:

1. elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids

  Familiarity information: SERTOLI CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERTOLI CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Sertoli's cell; Sertoli cell

Hypernyms ("Sertoli cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

 Context examples 

A deficiency of the Mullerian inhibiting substance, which is secreted by the Sertoli cells during embryogenesis.

(Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, typically benign ovarian neoplasm composed of Sertoli cells.

(Ovarian Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign Sertoli cell tumor, thecoma, and fibroma.

(Benign Testicular Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibins are secreted by the Sertoli cells of the testes, the granulosa cells of the ovarian follicles, the placenta, and other tissues.

(Inhibin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A benign neoplasm of the testis or ovary, originating from Sertoli cells.

(Benign Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Very rare case reports of testicular lesions morphologically resembling gynandroblastomas are in fact variants of juvenile granulose cell tumor, or Sertoli cell tumor, or a combination of both.

(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, benign Sertoli cell tumor, uterine corpus leiomyoma, and benign ovarian serous tumor.

(Benign Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A Sertoli cell tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of cells that are distended by the presence of intracytoplasmic lipid.

(Ovarian Sertoli Cell Tumor with Lipid Storage, NCI Thesaurus)

A Sertoli cell tumor of the testis or the ovary which remains localized and does not metastasize to another anatomic site.

(Benign Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped gonadal stromal cells and Sertoli cells, some of which are atypical.

(Intermediate Differentiated Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)