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castration cells (medicine) and wormling (iou)


castration cells (medicine)


castration cells


Altered basophilic cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that develop following castration; the body of the cell is occupied by a large vacuole that displaces the nucleus to the periphery, giving the cell a resemblance to a signet ring.

Synonym: signet ring cells.


wormling (iou)



wormling noun. L16.
[from WORM noun + -LING1.]
A small worm; fig. a poor despicable creature.