English Explanatory Dictionary

Heinz body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A supravitally-stainable, small, round inclusion within red blood cells composed of denatured hemoglobin.

Word forms

Heinz body Heinz bodies

Etymology

Named after Robert Heinz (1865–1924), a German physician who in 1890 described these inclusions in hemolytic anemias.

Synonyms

Heinz-Ehrlich body
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