Niemann-Pick cell
[ nē′män′- ]
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n.
A rounded or polygonal mononuclear cell with indistinctly or palely staining, foamlike cytoplasm that contains numerous droplets of sphingomyelin; it is characteristic of Niemann-Pick disease.Pick cell
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