Rouget cell
/ˈruːʒeɪ ˌsɛl/(also Rouget's cell) Anatomy
noun
= pericyte.
Origin
1920s. In some forms from the name of Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget, French physiologist, who described such cells in 1873 (Arch. de physiol. 5 603) + cell, after German Rougetsche Zelle. In some forms from the genitive of the name of C. M. B. Rouget + cell.