English Explanatory Dictionary

Döhle body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light blue-gray, oval, basophilic inclusion occurring in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils, measuring 1-3 µm and thought to be a remnant of the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

Word forms

Döhle body Döhle bodies

Etymology

Named after German pathologist Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle (1855–1928), who identified them in cases of measles in 1892.

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