- Valentin corpuscles
- small amyloid bodies sometimes found in nerve tissue.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Valentin corpuscles
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Valentin corpuscles ganglion (pseudoganglion) nerve — Val·en·tin corpuscles, ganglion (pseudoganglion), nerve (valґən tin) [Gabriel Gustav Valentin, German physiologist, 1810–1883] see under corpuscle and nerve, and see intumescentia tympanica … Medical dictionary
Valentin — Gabriel G., German Swiss physiologist, 1810–1883. See V. corpuscles, under corpuscle, V. ganglion, V. nerve … Medical dictionary
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