Charcot-Leyden crystal

noun

Elongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma

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Meanings

nounCharcot-Leyden crystal (plural Charcot-Leyden crystals)

plural Charcot-Leyden crystals

  1. especiallypluralmedicineElongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma

Origin

They were described (though not first discovered) by Jean-Martin Charcot and Charles-Philippe Robin in 1853, then in 1872 by Ernst Viktor von Leyden.

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Charcot-Leyden crystal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Charcot-Leyden%20crystal

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