See Also: argentaffin(medicine)
argentaffin(dictionary)
argentaffin cell(medicine)
argentaffin cells(medicine)
argentaffin granules(medicine)
Masson's argentaffin stain(medicine)

ailment (oh) and argentaffin (iou)


ailment (oh)



an illness that is not very serious
:: minor ailments

argentaffin (iou)



argentaffin adjective. E20.
[French argentaffine, from Latin argentum silver + affinis akin.]
Readily stained black by silver salts; spec. (Anatomy, now arch.) designating numerous isolated endocrine cells situated in the intestinal epithelium.
argentaffi'noma noun, pl. -mas, -mata , Medicine an intestinal tumour whose tissue stains like argentaffin cells, from which it is thought to develop M20.