Reed-Sternberg Cell Definition

rēdstûrnbûrg
noun
A giant binucleated or multinucleated macrophage that is characteristic of Hodgkin's disease.
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Other Word Forms of Reed-Sternberg Cell

Noun

Singular:
Reed-Sternberg cell
Plural:
reed-sternberg-cells

Origin of Reed-Sternberg Cell

  • After Dorothy M. Reed (1874–1964), American pathologist and Carl Sternberg (1872–1935), Austrian pathologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See Wikipedia article for possible etymology.

    From Wiktionary

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