Etymology

Reed-Sternberg cell

Today it means: A giant lymphocyte characteristic of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Full definition →

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Named after Dorothy Reed Mendenhall and Carl Sternberg, who provided the first definitive microscopic descriptions of Hodgkin's disease.

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