Auer rod

noun

clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

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Auer body
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Meanings

nounAuer rod (plural Auer rods)

plural Auer rods

  1. medicineclumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

    Synonyms: Auer body

Synonyms & antonyms

nounclumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

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Auer body

Origin

First described in 1905 by a Canadian physician, Thomas McCrae, then at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, one year before John Auer (1875-1948), the US physiologist after whom they are named.

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Auer rod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Auer%20rod

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“Auer rod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Auer%20rod. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Auer rod,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Auer%20rod.

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