Charcot-Leyden crystals

Charcot-Leyden crystals definition - medical

Charcot-Ley·den crystals (-līdˈn)

plural noun
Crystals in the shape of elongated double pyramids, formed from eosinophils, found in the sputum in bronchial asthma and in the feces in some intestinal infections.

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