cohnheim's area

cohnheim's area
\\ˈkōnˌhīmz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: translation of German Cohnheimsche felder, after Julius F. Cohnheim died 1884 German pathologist
: one of the polygonal areas seen in transverse sections of a striated muscle fiber representing a bundle of cut ends of fibrils surrounded by sarcoplasm

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