Giannuzzi crescents

Giannuzzi crescents
crescent-shaped patches of serous cells surrounding the mucous tubules in seromucous glands, and formed by the outnumbered albuminous cells pushed to the blind ends of the terminal portions or into saccular outpocketings. Called also Heidenhain demilunes; Giannuzzi bodies or demilunes; and semilunar bodies.

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  • Giannuzzi crescents (bodies cells demilunes) — Gian·nuz·zi crescents (bodies, cells, demilunes) (jah n tґse) [Guiseppe Giannuzzi, Italian anatomist, 1839–1876] see under crescent …   Medical dictionary

  • Giannuzzi demilunes — Heidenhain demilunes Giannuzzi crescents …   Medical dictionary

  • Giannuzzi — Italian anatomist, 1839–1876. See G. crescents, under crescent, G. demilunes, under demilune …   Medical dictionary

  • demilune of Giannuzzi — demilune of Gian·nuz·zi also demilune of Gia·nuz·zi jä nüt sē n DEMILUNE Giannuzzi Giuseppe (1839 1876) Italian anatomist. Giannuzzi undertook significant research into several areas of anatomy and physiology. He is best known for his discovery… …   Medical dictionary

  • semilunar bodies — Giannuzzi crescents …   Medical dictionary

  • crescent cells — Giannuzzi crescents …   Medical dictionary

  • demilune cells — Giannuzzi crescents …   Medical dictionary

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  • demilune — 1. A small body with a form similar to that of a half moon or a crescent. 2. Term frequently used for the gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum. [Fr. half moon] Giannuzzi demilunes SYN: serous demilunes. Heidenhain demilunes SYN …   Medical dictionary

  • crescent — 1. Any figure of the shape of the moon in its first quarter. 2. The figure made by the gray columns or cornua on cross section of the spinal cord. 3. SYN: malarial c.. [L. cresco, pp. cretus, to grow] articular c. SYN: meniscus lens …   Medical dictionary

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