Taber's Medical Dictionary
Charcot-Leyden crystal
(shăr-kō′lī′dĕn)
[Charcot; Ernest V. von Leyden, Ger. physician, 1832-1910]
A type of colorless, hexagonal, double-pointed, often needle-like crystal found in the sputum in asthma and bronchial bronchitis or in the feces in ulceration of the intestine, esp. amebiasis.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Charcot-Leyden Crystal." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731169/all/Charcot_Leyden_crystal.
Charcot-Leyden crystal. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731169/all/Charcot_Leyden_crystal. Accessed November 29, 2024.
Charcot-Leyden crystal. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731169/all/Charcot_Leyden_crystal
Charcot-Leyden Crystal [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 29]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731169/all/Charcot_Leyden_crystal.
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