English Explanatory Dictionary

Reed-Sternberg cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A giant lymphocyte characteristic of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Word forms

Reed-Sternberg cell Reed-Sternberg cells

Etymology

Named after Dorothy Reed Mendenhall and Carl Sternberg, who provided the first definitive microscopic descriptions of Hodgkin's disease.

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