- SchÑŒffner dots
- minute granules observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax when stained by certain methods, such as Romanowsky stain or Wright stain.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
SchÑŒffner dots
Look at other dictionaries:
SchÑŒffner dots stippling — SchÑŒff·ner dots, stippling (shēfґnər) [Wilhelm August Paul SchÑŒffner, German pathologist, 1867–1949] see under dot and stippling … Medical dictionary
SchÑŒffner stippling — malarial stippling with SchÑŒffner dots … Medical dictionary
malarial stippling — the finely granular appearance often seen in stained erythrocytes that harbor parasites of tertian malaria; see Maurer dots and SchÑŒffner dots … Medical dictionary
Plasmodium vivax — the species that causes vivax malaria, characterized by trophozoites having ameboid activity and irregular form, and by SchÑŒffner dots in parasitized red blood cells … Medical dictionary
