Türk cell

noun

ˈtirk-

variants or Türk's cell

: a large cell resembling a lymphocyte, having densely basophilic cytoplasm and eccentric nucleus with peripheral chromatin and central clear area, and being rare in normal blood but commonly present in diseases of lymphoid tissues

Word History

Etymology

after Wilhelm Türk †1916 Austrian physician

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