Medical Definition of Langhans giant cell

1. Multinucleate cells formed by fusion of epithelioid macrophages and associated with the central part of early tubercular lesions. Similar to foreign body giant cells, but with the nuclei peripherally located. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Langhans Giant Cell

Langer's lines
Langer's muscle
langer-giedion syndrome
Langerhans
Langerhans' cells
Langerhans' granule
Langerhans' islands
langerhans cell
langerhans cells
langerhans cell histiocytoses
langest
Langhans'-type giant cells
Langhans' cells
Langhans' layer
Langhans' stria
Langhans giant cell (current term)
langlauf
langlaufer
langlaufers
langlauffer
langlaufs
Langley
Langley
Langley's granules
langleys
Langmuir
Langmuir
Langmuir trough
Langobard
langostino

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