- Elschnig bodies (pearls)
- Elsch·nig bodies (pearls) (elshґnig) [Anton Philipp Elschnig, Austrian ophthalmologist, 1863–1939] see under body.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Elschnig bodies (pearls)
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