Etymology

Pappenheimer body

Today it means: An abnormal granule of iron found inside red blood cells, formed by phagosomes that have engulfed excessive amounts of iron. Full definition →

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The story

Described in 1945 by Pappenheimer et al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.