merkel cell
21stage III Merkel cell carcinoma — The cancer may be any size and has spread beyond nearby lymph nodes to other parts of the body …
22merkel's cell — noun or merkel s corpuscle or merkel s disc Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after Friedrich S. Merkel : a touch receptor of the deep layers of the skin consisting of a flattened or cupped body associated peripherally with a large modified …
23Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …
24merkel-ranvier corpuscle — ˈmer]kəl|räⁿ|vyā , ˈmər] noun Usage: usually capitalized M&R Etymology: after Friedrich S. Merkel died 1919 German anatomist & Louis A. Ranvier died 1922 French histologist : merkel s cell …
25Merkel-Ranvier cells — Mer·kel Ran·vier cells (murґkəl rah vyaґ) [F.S. Merkel; Louis Antoine Ranvier, French pathologist, 1835–1922] see under cell …
26merkel's corpuscle — noun see merkel s cell …
27merkel's disc — noun see merkel s cell …
28Merkel — Karl L., German anatomist and laryngologist, 1812–1876. See M. filtrum ventriculi, M. fossa, M. muscle. Friedrich S., German anatomist and physiologist, 1845–1919. See M. cell tumor, M. corpuscle, M. tactile cell, M. tactile disk …
29Merkel-Ranvier cell — a type of clear cell found in the basal layer of the epidermis; it contains catecholamine granules and resembles a melanocyte …
30Merkel corpuscle — see under cell …
