Paneth, Josef (1857–1890), Austrian physiologist. A professor of physiology in Vienna, Paneth published a description of the granular cells in the crypts of Lieberkühn in 1888.
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Paneth cell
noun Pa·neth cell \ˈpä-net-\
Medical Definition of PANETH CELL
: any of the granular epithelial cells with large acidophilic nuclei occurring at the base of the crypts of Lieberkühn in the small intestine and appendix
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