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kupffer cell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
kupf-fer- -cell
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of specialized macrophage located in the liver lining the walls of the sinusoids that form part of the reticuloendothelial system.

Etymology

First observed by Baltic German anatomist Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902) in 1876.

Inflected Forms

Kupffer cells (plural)

Questions

What does kupffer cell mean?
A kind of specialized macrophage located in the liver lining the walls of the sinusoids that form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
Where does kupffer cell come from?
First observed by Baltic German anatomist Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902) in 1876.

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