- cytoid bodies
- 1. globular, shiny white structures resembling cell nuclei in size and shape, appearing in degenerated retinal nerve fibers; seen histologically in cotton-wool spots. 2. Civatte b's.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cytoid bodies
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