Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Pa·neth cell Pronunciation:
'pä-net- Function:
noun : any of the granular epithelial cells with large acidophilic nuclei occurring atthe base of the crypts of Lieberkühn in the small intestine and appendix
Paneth,
Josef (1857–1890), Austrian physiologist. A professor of physiology in Vienna,Paneth published a description of the granular cells in the crypts of Lieberkühn in 1888.
