Medical Dictionary

argentaffin cell

noun

Medical Definition of ARGENTAFFIN CELL

:  any of various specialized epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract that stain readily with silver salts

Variants of ARGENTAFFIN CELL

argentaffin cell or argentaffine cell

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