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hairy cells

hairy cells is the plural of hairy cell.

Meaning of hairy cell

Noun

hairy cell (plural hairy cells)

  1. A kind of malignant B cell in an uncommon form of leukemia of unknown cause, having a "hairy" appearance under the microscope.
    • Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”1966 February, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page 199

Questions about hairy cells

What is hairy cells the plural of?
Hairy cells is the plural of hairy cell.

Words near hairy cells in the dictionary

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  5. hairy cell
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