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Nissl is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Nissl in a sentence

Nissl meaning

A surname from German.

Using Nissl

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname from German.
  • In the example corpus, nissl often appears in combinations such as: franz nissl.

Context around Nissl

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

franz 2× left 1× middle 1× main 1×

Often after:

stained 3× 1860 1× stain 1×

Sentence patterns with Nissl

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anatomy main nissl stained coronal 1× left nissl stained visual 1× middle nissl stained motor 1× neuropathologist franz nissl 1860 1919 1× on franz nissl s tissue 1× the nissl stain shows 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

brodmann was also 1× left nissl stained 1× middle nissl stained 1× named after german 1× the nissl stain 1× wechsler 2004 anatomy 1×

Common sentence endings:

a human adult 2× fifty two areas 1× showing hippocampus circled 1× subset of neurons 1× very metabolically active 1×

Words around Nissl

Just before it in the word index:

nissin 8 nissim 8 nissi 4 nissequogue 2 nissenkorn 4 nissen 16

Just after it in the word index:

nisswa 14 nissy 2 nist 78 niste 3 nistelrooy 40 nistler 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Nissl

  • In this selection, "nissl" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, franz, left, middle, stained, 1860 and stain stand out and add context to how "nissl" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anatomy main nissl stained coronal and left nissl stained visual. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nissl" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nissl

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Left: Nissl -stained visual cortex of a human adult. (9 words)

Middle: Nissl-stained motor cortex of a human adult. (9 words)

Wechsler, 2004 Anatomy main Nissl-stained coronal section of the brain of a macaque monkey, showing hippocampus (circled). (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Named after German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Franz Nissl (1860–1919), they are involved in protein synthesis and their prominence can be explained by the fact that nerve cells are very metabolically active. (32 words)

Brodmann was also an important figure in brain mapping; his experiments based on Franz Nissl’s tissue staining techniques divided the brain into fifty-two areas. (26 words)

The Nissl stain shows the cell bodies of neurons; the Golgi stain shows the dendrites and axons of a random subset of neurons. (23 words)

Example sentences (6)

Brodmann was also an important figure in brain mapping; his experiments based on Franz Nissl’s tissue staining techniques divided the brain into fifty-two areas.

Left: Nissl -stained visual cortex of a human adult.

Middle: Nissl-stained motor cortex of a human adult.

Named after German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Franz Nissl (1860–1919), they are involved in protein synthesis and their prominence can be explained by the fact that nerve cells are very metabolically active.

The Nissl stain shows the cell bodies of neurons; the Golgi stain shows the dendrites and axons of a random subset of neurons.

Wechsler, 2004 Anatomy main Nissl-stained coronal section of the brain of a macaque monkey, showing hippocampus (circled).

Common combinations with nissl

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nissl" in a sentence?
An example: "Brodmann was also an important figure in brain mapping; his experiments based on Franz Nissl’s tissue staining techniques divided the brain into fifty-two areas." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "nissl" from authentic English texts.
What does "nissl" mean?
Nissl means: A surname from German.
How many example sentences with "nissl" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "nissl", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.