Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

langerhans cell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: langer-han-s -cell
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dendritic cell of the skin and mucosa, containing Birbeck granules, and present in all layers of the epidermis but most prominent in the stratum spinosum.

Etymology

Named after German pathologist Paul Langerhans.

Inflected Forms

Langerhans cells (plural)

Questions

What does langerhans cell mean?: A dendritic cell of the skin and mucosa, containing Birbeck granules, and present in all layers of the epidermis but most prominent in the stratum spinosum.
Where does langerhans cell come from?: Named after German pathologist Paul Langerhans.

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