单词 | argentaffin |
释义 | argentaffinadj. Histology. Pertaining to or possessing the property of being readily stained black by ammoniacal silver in the absence of a reducing agent; chiefly spec. designating numerous isolated endocrine cells in the gastro-intestinal epithelium which contain cytoplasmic granules with this property. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [adjective] > of cells with reference to staining argentaffin1925 argyrophil1928 argyrophilic1934 argentophil1947 argentophilic1959 1925 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 37 135/1 ‘Argentaffine’ or silver-staining granules are always demonstrable in these cells. 1925 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 37 135/1 The argentaffine cells may proliferate. 1926 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 29 137 The specialised argentaffin cells of the crypts of Lieberkühn. 1947 Dawson & Moyer in Anat. Rec. XCVII. 328 These cells are demonstrable by the Bodian protargol method (even without reduction or gold toning)..but are not chromaffin positive and are not impregnated by the Masson-Hamperl technique. Accordingly they are referred to as argentophile rather than argentaffin. 1948 Anat. Rec. C. 324 Maturation of the argentaffin granules. 1964 Jrnl. Anat. 98 499 The number of argentaffin cells..and of argentaffin granules in a particular cell, can be expected to vary depending on the functional state of the cells. 1965 J. Lee & F. Knowles Animal Hormones ix. 125 Tumours of the argentaffin tissue in man occur and large quantities of 5-HT are released leading to high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs. 1969 Anatomischer Anzeiger CXXV. 18 In type ‘c’ some of the granules in the cell are argyrophile as well as argentaffin. 1976 Path. Ann. 11 201 The evolution of our concepts regarding the neoplasms arising from the family of endocrine (or neuroendocrine) cells, variously called Kultschitzky's, enterochromaffin, argentaffin, argyrophil, and basal cells, is a good example of the way ideas in pathology slowly germinate over decades. Derivatives ˌargentaˈffinity n. the property of being argentaffin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [noun] > cells with reference to staining > property of staining a particular colour argyrophilia1928 argentaffinity1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Argentaffinity. 1969 Anatomischer Anzeiger CXXV. 18 The property of argentaffinity or of argyrophilia rests not in these cells as such but in the individual granules that lie in their cytoplasm. 1982 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. Path. 6 131/1 Rectal carcinoids and normal rectal mucosa were compared for the presence of argentaffinity and argyrophilia. ˌargentaffiˈnoma n. [-oma comb. form] a tumour (occurring chiefly in the appendix) whose tissue stains like argentaffin cells, from which it is thought to develop. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > other intestinal disorders cholera1601 cœliac1661 cœliac passion or flux1662 bota1722 mucocele1897 Hirschsprung's disease1900 paraproctitis1900 peptic ulcer1900 megacolon1906 outpouching1909 typhlatony1913 polyposis1914 argentaffinoma1934 irritable bowel syndrome1943 Meckel's diverticulum1946 Meckel's diverticulitis1954 1934 O. T. Bailey in Arch. Path. XVIII. 843 Because of the presence of the specific silver granules in the cytoplasm of these neoplastic cells, the term ‘argentaffinoma’ seems more descriptive than ‘carcinoid’. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xvi. 401 The tumor cells are argyrophylic [sic], with silver-staining granules in the cytoplasm, and are called argentaffinomas. 1976 G. M. Edington & H. M. Gilles Pathol. in Tropics (ed. 2) 541 The tumours called ‘carcinoids’ or argentaffinomas arise from these cells. 1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) xvi. 149 Neoplasms of the small intestine are rare and include argentaffinoma. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1925 |
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