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Niemann-Pick cell

[ nē′män′- ]

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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