- HÑŒrthle cells cell tumor
- HÑŒrth·le cells, cell tumor (hērtґlə) [Karl HÑŒrthle, German histologist, 1860–1945] see Askanazy cells, under cell, and see under tumor.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
HÑŒrthle cells cell tumor
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