Medical Definition of Auer bodies

1. Rod-shaped structures of uncertain nature in the cytoplasm of immature myeloid cells, especially myeloblasts, in acute myelocytic leukaemia; may be an abnormal form of lysosomes; they contain peroxidase and acid phosphatase, and stain red by azure-eosin stains. Synonym: Auer rods. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auer Bodies

Aucklander
Aucklanders
Aucuba
Auden
Audenesque
Audenshaw
Audie
Audrey
Audubon
Audubon's caracara
Audubon's warbler
Audubon warbler
Auenbrugger
Auenbrugger's sign
Auer
Auer bodies (current term)
Auer rods
Auerbach
Auerbach's ganglia
Auerbach's plexus
Aufgabe
Aufklärer
Aufklärung
Aufrecht
Aufrecht's sign
Aug
Aug.
Augean
Augean stables
Augeas

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