Kupffer cell

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Etymology[edit]

First observed by Baltic German anatomist Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902) in 1876.

Noun[edit]

Kupffer cell (plural Kupffer cells)

  1. A kind of specialized macrophage located in the liver lining the walls of the sinusoids that form part of the reticuloendothelial system.

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