| Name: | notochord outer sheath cell |
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| Synonyms: | notochord sheath cell |
| Definition: | Cells that form an epithelial-like sheath around the vacuolated inner notochord cells. Outer cells secrete a thick extracellular perinotochordal basement membrane. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005744] |
| Name: | metaplastic |
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| Synonyms: | trans-differentiated |
| Definition: | A cellular quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of having changed from one fully differentiated state into another. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002101] |