Medical Dictionary

Langhans giant cell

noun

Medical Definition of LANGHANS GIANT CELL

:  any of the large cells found in the lesions of some granulomatous conditions (as leprosy and tuberculosis) and containing a number of peripheral nuclei arranged in a circle or in the shape of a horseshoe

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