nissl bodies

nissl bodies
\\ˈnisəl-\ noun plural or nissl corpuscles or nissl granules or nissl's bodies or nissl's corpuscles or nissl's granules
Usage: usually capitalized N
Etymology: after Franz Nissl died 1919 German neurologist
: discrete bodies of variable size that are found in the cytoplasm of nerve cells and that stain deeply with methylene blue

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