Miescher's tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Sarcocystis parasite.

Word forms

Miescher's tube Miescher's tubes

Etymology

The organism was first recognised in a mouse by Miescher in 1843, though his findings were not initially interpreted as involving a protist.

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