- crescent of Giannuzzi
- crescent of Gian·nuz·zi or crescent of Gia·nuz·zi -jə-'nüt-sē n DEMILUNE G. Giannuzzi see DEMILUNE OF GIANNUZZI
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crescent of Giannuzzi
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Giannuzzi crescents — crescent shaped patches of serous cells surrounding the mucous tubules in seromucous glands, and formed by the outnumbered albuminous cells pushed to the blind ends of the terminal portions or into saccular outpocketings. Called also Heidenhain… … Medical dictionary
crescent cells — Giannuzzi crescents … Medical dictionary
Giannuzzi crescents (bodies cells demilunes) — Gian·nuz·zi crescents (bodies, cells, demilunes) (jah n tґse) [Guiseppe Giannuzzi, Italian anatomist, 1839–1876] see under crescent … Medical dictionary
crescent — 1. Any figure of the shape of the moon in its first quarter. 2. The figure made by the gray columns or cornua on cross section of the spinal cord. 3. SYN: malarial c.. [L. cresco, pp. cretus, to grow] articular c. SYN: meniscus lens … Medical dictionary
Giannuzzi — Italian anatomist, 1839–1876. See G. crescents, under crescent, G. demilunes, under demilune … Medical dictionary
Giannuzzi bodies — see under crescent … Medical dictionary
Giannuzzi cells — see under crescent … Medical dictionary
crescent of gianuzzi — jəˈnütsē Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Giuseppe Giannuzzi died 1876 Italian physiologist : demilune … Useful english dictionary
demilune — 1. A small body with a form similar to that of a half moon or a crescent. 2. Term frequently used for the gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum. [Fr. half moon] Giannuzzi demilunes SYN: serous demilunes. Heidenhain demilunes SYN … Medical dictionary
Heidenhain's demilunes law iron hematoxylin stain — Hei·den·hain s demilunes, law, iron hematoxylin stain (hiґdən hīn) [Rudolf Peter Heidenhain, German physiologist, 1834–1897] see Giannuzzi crescents, under crescent, and see under law and stain … Medical dictionary
