"hair cell" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Referring to the tufts of stereocilia that protrude from the apical surface of the cell, a structure known as the hair bundle, into the scala media, a fluid-filled tube within the cochlea.",
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        {
          "text": "In mammals, the auditory hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates."
      ],
      "id": "en-hair_cell-en-noun--5Cqto4J",
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        [
          "sensory",
          "sensory"
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        [
          "receptor",
          "receptor"
        ],
        [
          "auditory",
          "auditory"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
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        [
          "vestibular",
          "vestibular"
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          "vertebrate",
          "vertebrate"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of sensory receptor",
          "word": "karvasolu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "type of sensory receptor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "célula ciliada"
        }
      ],
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        "hair cell"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hair cell"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Referring to the tufts of stereocilia that protrude from the apical surface of the cell, a structure known as the hair bundle, into the scala media, a fluid-filled tube within the cochlea.",
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates."
      ],
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          "sensory",
          "sensory"
        ],
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          "receptor",
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        ],
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          "auditory",
          "auditory"
        ],
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          "system",
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        ],
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          "vestibular",
          "vestibular"
        ],
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          "vertebrate",
          "vertebrate"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of sensory receptor",
      "word": "karvasolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "célula ciliada"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hair cell"
}