platycyte

plat·y·cyte

(plat'i-sīt),

Obsolete term for a relatively small giant cell sometimes formed in tubercles.

[platy- + G. kytos, cell]

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platycyte

An obsolete term that formerly dignified a tuberculosis-type multinucleated giant cell that has fewer than its usual allotment of nuclei.

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