Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairy cell

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: hairy -cell
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of malignant B cell in an uncommon form of leukemia of unknown cause, having a "hairy" appearance under the microscope.

Example Sentences

"Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”"

Etymology

Coined in 1966.

Inflected Forms

hairy cells (plural)

Questions

What does hairy cell mean?: A kind of malignant B cell in an uncommon form of leukemia of unknown cause, having a "hairy" appearance under the microscope.
Where does hairy cell come from?: Coined in 1966.

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