Babes-Ernst body

noun

Ba·​bes-Ernst body

variants or Babes-Ernst granule

ˈbäˌbe¦shərn(t)st-

: a metachromatic granule in protoplasm

Word History

Etymology

after Victor Babeş †1926 Romanian bacteriologist and H.C.Ernst †1922 American bacteriologist

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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