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cryptopatches

cryptopatches is the plural of cryptopatch.

Meaning of cryptopatch

Noun

cryptopatch (plural cryptopatches)

  1. A small aggregate of lymphoid cells found in the intestinal lamina propria.
    • Besides Peyer's patches and mesenteric lymph nodes, the immune system in the gut contains several other lymphoid structures: cryptopatches and isolated lymphoid follicles (ILFs).2006, Reshma Taneja, Nuclear Receptors in Development, page 333

Questions about cryptopatches

What is cryptopatches the plural of?
Cryptopatches is the plural of cryptopatch.

Words near cryptopatches in the dictionary

  1. cryptonymies
  2. cryptonymous
  3. cryptonyms
  4. cryptonymy
  5. cryptopatch
  6. cryptopatches
  7. cryptoperthite
  8. cryptoperthites
  9. cryptoperthitic
  10. cryptophagid
  11. cryptophagids

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