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enterochromaffin cells whose granules stain readily with chromium and silver salts, located in the basilar portions of the glands of the gastrointestinal tract. Cf. argyrophilic c's. See also argentaffinoma.Medical dictionary. 2011.
argentaffin cells — cells that stain readily with silver salts. Such cells occur, for example, in the crypts of Lieberkühn in the intestine … The new mediacal dictionary
argentaffin cells — So called because they will form cytoplasmic deposits of metallic silver from silver salts. Their characteristic histochemical behaviour arises from 5 HT (serotonin), which they secrete. Found chiefly in the epithelium of the gastrointestinal… … Dictionary of molecular biology
argentaffin cell — ▪ anatomy one of the round or partly flattened cells occurring in the lining tissue of the digestive tract and containing granules thought to be of secretory function. These epithelial cells, though common throughout the digestive tract,… … Universalium
argentaffin — ar·gen·taf·fin är jent ə fən or ar·gen·taf·fine fən, .fēn adj 1 a) depositing reduced silver from ammoniated silver hydroxide solutions used of certain cell granules containing phenols or polyamines b) of, relating to, or being argentaffin cells… … Medical dictionary
Argentaffin — refers to cells which take up silver stain. cite book |author= |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Immunogold silver staining: principles, methods, and applications |edition= |language= |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |year=1995… … Wikipedia
argentaffin cell — or argentaffine cell n any of various specialized epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract that stain readily with silver salts … Medical dictionary
Клетки Аргентаффинные (Argentaffin Cells) — клетки, легко окрашиваемые солями серебра. Такие клетки встречаются, например, в собственных железах желудка, кишечных криптах (либеркюновых кишечных железах). Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
Kulchitsky cells — argentaffin cells found between the cells that line the glands of LieberkÑŒhn of the intestine … Medical dictionary
argentaffin, argentaffine — Pertaining to cells or tissue elements that reduce silver ions in solution, thereby becoming stained brown or black. [L. argentum, silver, + affinitas, affinity] … Medical dictionary
enterochromaffin cells — endocrine cells whose granules stain readily with silver and chromium salts, and which are sites of synthesis and storage of serotonin. They are distributed throughout the body but are most frequently identified in the intestinal and bronchial… … Medical dictionary
