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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
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