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Sternberg-Reed cell — Reed Sternberg cell a large binucleate cell that is characteristic of Hodgkin s disease [Sternberg (1872–1935), Austrian pathologist; D. Reed Mendenhall (1874–1964), US pathologist] … The new mediacal dictionary
sternberg-reed cell — noun see sternberg cell … Useful english 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
Reed-Sternberg cell — A type of cell that appears in patients with Hodgkin s disease. The number of these cells increases as the disease advances. * * * Reed Stern·berg cell rēd stərn bərg n a binucleate or multinucleate acidophilic giant cell found in the tissues in… … Medical dictionary
sternberg cell — ˈstərnˌbərg noun also sternberg reed cell ˈrēd Usage: usually capitalized S&R Etymology: after Carl Sternberg died 1935 German pathologist : a multinucleate acidophil giant cell found in the tissues in Hodgkin s disease … Useful english dictionary
Reed-Sternberg cell — see Sternberg Reed cell … The new mediacal dictionary
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
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
Reed — Dorothy M., U.S. pathologist, 1874–1964. See R. cell, R. Sternberg cell, Sternberg R. cell. Walter, 1851–1902. U.S. Army surgeon, elucidated epidemiology of yellow fever. See R. Frost model … Medical dictionary
Sternberg — George M., U.S. bacteriologist, 1838–1915. See S. cell, S. Reed cell, Reed S. cell … Medical dictionary
