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sustentacular cell

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sustentacular cell [¦səs·tən¦tak·yə·lər ‚sel]
(histology)
One of the supporting cells of an epithelium as contrasted with other cells with special function, as the nonnervous cells of the olfactory epithelium or the Sertoli cells of the seminiferous tubules.
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