Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charcot-leyden crystal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: char-cot--ley-den crys-tal
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

Charcot-Leyden crystals (plural)

Questions

What does charcot-leyden crystal mean?: Elongated, double-pyramidal crystal of eosinophils found in the sputum in bronchial asthma
Where does charcot-leyden crystal come from?: 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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