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Birbeck granule en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Michael Stanley Clive Birbeck, who described it in 1961.

Meanings

  1. A rod or tennis racket-shaped cytoplasmic organelle solely found in Langerhans cells and hence a marker for Langerhans cell histiocytoses.

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Synonyms

Birbeck body · characteristic granule