Histiocytoid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a histiocyte.

    "Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found."

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"Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found."

Etymology

From histiocyte + -oid = histio- + cyte + -oid.

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