"Auer rod" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Auer rods [plural]
Etymology: First described in 1905 by a Canadian physician, Thomas McCrae, then at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, one year before John Auer (1875-1948), the US physiologist after whom they are named. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Auer rod (plural Auer rods)
  1. (medicine) clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells. Wikipedia link: Auer rod, John Auer, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Thomas McCrae Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: Auer body

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