signet ring cell
Pathology and Histology
noun
A cell in which the nucleus is displaced to the periphery by the contents (normal or abnormal) of the cytoplasm.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal.
- livelily
- liveliness
- live load
- livelong
- lively
- lively-looking
- liven
- livener
- liveness
- live oak
- live off (or on)
- live off (or on) the fat of the land
- live off the land
- live one
- live one's own life
- live on one's nerves (or one's nerve ends)
- live out of a suitcase
- liver
- live rail
- liverance
- 'liverance
- liver-brown
- liver chestnut
- liver complaint
- liverd