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Auer rod

Auer rod noun: clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

auer rod: clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm...
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Noun

Auer rod (plural Auer rods)

  1. clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.
    Synonyms:
    Auer body

Synonyms of Auer rod

  • Auer body

Forms of Auer rod

pluralAuer rods

Origin of Auer rod

First described in 1905 by a Canadian physician, Thomas McCrae, then at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, one year before John Auer (1875-1948), the US physiologist after whom they are named.

Questions about Auer rod

What does Auer rod mean?
Auer rod means clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.
What part of speech is Auer rod?
Auer rod is a noun.
What is the plural of Auer rod?
The plural of Auer rod is Auer rods.

Words near Auer rod in the dictionary

  1. Audureau
  2. Audureaus
  3. aue
  4. Auelkhan
  5. Auer
  6. Auer rod
  7. Auer rods
  8. Auerbach
  9. Auerbachian
  10. Auerbachs
  11. auerlite

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