- Reed-Sternberg cells
- Reed-Stern·berg cells (rēdґ stərnґbərg) [D. Reed; Carl von Sternberg, Austrian pathologist, 1872–1935] see under cell.
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Reed-Sternberg cells
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Reed cells — Reed Sternberg cells giant histiocytic cells, typically multinucleate, most often binucleate with the two halves of the cell appearing as mirror images of each other; the nuclei are enclosed in abundant amphophilic cytoplasm and contain prominent … Medical dictionary
Sternberg-Reed cells — Stern·berg Reed cells (shtərnґbərg rēdґ) [C. von Sternberg; Dorothy Reed, American pathologist, 1874–1964] see Reed Sternberg cells, under cell … Medical dictionary
Sternberg giant cells sign — Stern·berg giant cells, sign (shtərnґbərg) [Carl von Sternberg, Austrian pathologist, 1872–1935] see Reed Sternberg cells, under cell, and see under sign … Medical dictionary
Reed cells — (rēd) [Dorothy Reed, American pathologist, 1874–1964] Reed Sternberg cells … Medical dictionary
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Reed-Stern|berg cell — «REED STURN burg», any one of the large phagocytic cells, usually with two nuclei, characteristic of Hodgkin s disease. ╂[< D. Reed, 1874 1964, an American pathologist and C. Sternberg, 1872 1935, an Austrian pathologist] … Useful english dictionary
