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Indies (iou) and olfactory receptor cells (medicine)


Indies (iou)



Indies noun pl. M16.
[Pl. of Indy obsolete & dial. var. of INDIA.]
(Usu. with the.) India and adjacent regions of SE Asia. Also (now rare), the West Indies. arch. M16.
A region of great wealth, esp. one to which profitable voyages may be made. L16-M18.
? See also East Indies s.v. EAST adjective, West Indies s.v. WEST adjective

olfactory receptor cells (medicine)


olfactory receptor cells


Very slender nerve cell's, with large nuclei and surmounted by six to eight long, sensitive cilia in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nose; they are the receptors for smell.

Synonym: olfactory cells, Schultze's cells.