Leydig cell

Leydig cell
Ley·dig cell '-dig- also Ley·dig's cell -dig(z)- n a cell of interstitial tissue of the testis that is usu. considered the chief source of testicular androgens and esp. testosterone called also cell of Leydig, interstitial cell of Leydig
Ley·dig '-dik Franz von (1821-1908)
German anatomist. Leydig's interests included comparative anatomy, histology, and physiology. In 1850 he discovered and described the interstitial cell in a detailed account of the male sex organs. In 1857 he published a major text on the histology of humans and animals that is historically important as a major account of histology's development up to that time. The Wolffian duct was discovered and described by him in 1892.

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