Skip to content
EntityQ1280161· pop 7· linked from 10 articles

emperipolesis

Sign in to save

thumb|right|Micrograph showing emperipolesis in a case of [[Rosai-Dorfman disease. H&E stain.]] Emperipolesis is the presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another cell. It is derived from Greek (en is inside, peripoleomai is go round). Emperipolesis is an uncommon biological process, and can be physiological or pathological.

Wikidata facts

Show 1 more fact
Commons category
Emperipolesis
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Classification
  • Other associations
  • Additional images
  • See also
  • References

thumb|right|Micrograph showing emperipolesis in a case of [[Rosai-Dorfman disease. H&E stain.]] Emperipolesis is the presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another cell. It is derived from Greek (en is inside, peripoleomai is go round). Emperipolesis is an uncommon biological process, and can be physiological or pathological.

It is related to peripolesis, which is the attachment of one cell to another.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “emperipolesis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 6 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0