Definitions for hair cell

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hair′ cell`(n.)

  1. an epithelial cell having hairlike processes, as that of the organ of Corti.

    Category: Cell Biology

Origin of hair cell:

1885–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hair cell(noun)

    a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti


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