Meanings
adjectivehistiocytoid (comparative more histiocytoid, superlative most histiocytoid)
comparative more histiocytoid · superlative most histiocytoid
- Resembling a histiocyte.
Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found.
2015 August 28, Keita Kai et al., “Granulomatous reaction in hepatic inflammatory angiomyolipoma after chemoembolization and spontaneous rupture”, in World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG, volume 21, →DOI
Origin
From histiocyte + -oid = histio- + cyte + -oid.
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