See Also: Merkel cell tumour(medicine)
Carcinoma, Merkel cell(health)
Merkel's tactile cell(medicine)
carcinoma, merkel cell(medicine)
Tumour cell(medicine)
granular cell tumour(medicine)
leydig cell tumour(medicine)
theca cell tumour(medicine)
giant cell tumour(medicine)
Sertoli cell tumour(medicine)

polypod(2) (iou) and Merkel cell tumour (medicine)


polypod(2) (iou)



polypod noun2 & adjective. As noun also (earlier) polypode. M18.
[French polypode adjective from Greek polupod- stem of polupous many-footed: see POLYPUS.]
Zoology.
A. noun. Any of various animals having many feet; esp. (a) a millipede; (b) an octopus, a squid. Now rare. M18.
b. adjective. Having many feet or footlike organs; spec. designating (an insect in) a phase of larval development characterized by a segmented abdomen with rudimentary or functional appendages. E19.

Merkel cell tumour (medicine)


Merkel cell tumour


A rare malignant cutaneous tumour seen in sun-exposed skin of elderly patients composed of dermal nodules of small round cells with scanty cytoplasm in a trabecular pattern; the tumour cells contain cytoplasmic dense core granules resembling neurosecretory granules seen in Merkel cells.

Synonym: primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, trabecular carcinoma.