histiocytoid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

histiocytoid (comparative more histiocytoid, superlative most histiocytoid)

  1. Resembling a histiocyte.
    • 2015 August 28, Keita Kai et al., “Granulomatous reaction in hepatic inflammatory angiomyolipoma after chemoembolization and spontaneous rupture”, in World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG‎[1], volume 21, →DOI:
      Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found.
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