argyrophilic
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argyrophilic — ar·gyr·o·phil·ic .är jə (.)rō fil ik, rə also ar·gyr·o·phil är jə (.)rō .fil, rə or ar·gyr·o·phile .fīl adj having an affinity for silver used of certain cells, structures, or tissues that selectively reduce silver salts to metallic silver… … Medical dictionary
argyrophilic — ar·gyr·o·phil·ic … English syllables
argyrophilic — adjective see argyrophil … Useful english dictionary
argyrophilic cells — enterochromaffin cells that require exposure to a reducing substance before their granules will react with silver; they are located in the fundic and pyloric glands between the basement lamina and zymogenic cells. Cf. argentaffin c s … Medical dictionary
argyrophilic fibers — reticular f s; named for their staining properties with silver … Medical dictionary
β-amyloid plaques — argyrophilic plaques neuritic p s … Medical dictionary
Fiber — The parts of plants that cannot be digested, namely complex carbohydrates. Also known as bulk or roughage. Complex carbohydrates from plants are rich in starch and fiber. Examples of plants that provide complex carbohydrates (fiber) are fresh… … Medical dictionary
Heiko Braak — (born 1937) is a German anatomist. Braak was born in Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, and studied medicine at the universities of Hamburg, Berlin, and Kiel. He is Professor at the Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University,… … Wikipedia
Cell — 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… … Medical dictionary
Silberkornkrankheit — Die Silberkornkrankheit ist bei Menschen eine spät beginnende dementielle Erkrankung, die durch filamentöse Ablagerungen im Gehirn gekennzeichnet ist. Da sich diese Einschlüsse mit speziellen Versilberungstechniken (Argyrophilie) darstellen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
