Langerhans cells granules islets (islands)

Langerhans cells granules islets (islands)
Lan·ger·hans cells, granules, islets (islands) (lahngґər-hahnz) [Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, 1847–1888] see under cell and islet and see Birbeck granules, under granule.

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