Pappenheimer body
/ˈpap(ə)nhʌɪmə ˌbɒdi/(also Pappenheimer's body) Pathology
noun
A basophilic inclusion body containing iron, found in erythrocytes in certain types of anaemia and hyposplenism. Usually in plural.
Origin
1940s. From the name of Alwin M. Pappenheimer, U.S. pathologist, who described such bodies in 1945 (Q. Jrnl. Med. 38 75) + body. In some forms from the genitive of Pappenheimer + body.