See Also: metacercaria(medicine)
metacercaria(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
langerhans(medicine)
Langerhans(dictionary)
Langerhans, islets of(encyclopedia)
islets of Langerhans(medicine)
Langerhans cells(medicine)
Langerhans cell(medicine)
Langerhans' cells(medicine)

Langerhans cell (medicine) and metacercaria (medicine)


Langerhans cell (medicine)


langerhans cell


Paul langerhans, German pathologist, 1847-1888

1. Star-shaped cells in the deeper portions of the germinative layer of the epidermis. 2. Irregulare wandering cells in the intercellular spaces of rhe cornea.

Synonym: Langerhans stellate corpuscles.


metacercaria (medicine)


metacercaria


The post-cercarial encysted stage in the life history of a fluke, prior to transfer to the definitive host. Some cercariae attach themselves to grass or Other vegetation, form metacercaria, and later are ingested by herbivores, as in Fasciola and similar forms; others encyst in muscles of fish, as in Clonorchis, or in crayfish, as in Paragonimus.

Origin: meta-+ G. Kerkos, tail