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Charcot-Leyden crystal

Charcot-Leyden crystal noun: elongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma.

Noun

Charcot-Leyden crystal (plural Charcot-Leyden crystals)

  1. (especially, plural) Elongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma

Forms of Charcot-Leyden crystal

pluralCharcot-Leyden crystals

Origin of Charcot-Leyden crystal

They were described (though not first discovered) by Jean-Martin Charcot and Charles-Philippe Robin in 1853, then in 1872 by Ernst Viktor von Leyden.

Questions about Charcot-Leyden crystal

What does Charcot-Leyden crystal mean?
Charcot-Leyden crystal means elongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma.
What part of speech is Charcot-Leyden crystal?
Charcot-Leyden crystal is a noun.
What is the plural of Charcot-Leyden crystal?
The plural of Charcot-Leyden crystal is Charcot-Leyden crystals.

Words near Charcot-Leyden crystal in the dictionary

  1. Charcot's cholangitis triad
  2. Charcot's fever
  3. Charcot's intermittent fever
  4. Charcot's neurologic triad
  5. Charcot's triad
  6. Charcot-Leyden crystal
  7. Charcot-Leyden crystals
  8. Charcot-Marie-Tooth
  9. Charcotian
  10. charcuterie
  11. charcuterie board

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