Laënnec's pearls

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pearl (perl)

1. a small rounded mass or body.

2. a rounded mass of tough sputum as seen in the early stages of an attack of bronchial asthma.

epidermic pearls , epithelial pearls rounded concentric masses of epithelial cells found in squamous cell carcinomas.

Laënnec's pearls soft casts of the smaller bronchial tubes expectorated in bronchial asthma.

Laënnec's pearls.

See Laënnec's catarrh.

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