(rēd'stĕrn'bĕrg‵ )

[Dorothy Reed, U.S. pathologist, 1874–1964; Karl Sternberg, Aust. pathologist, 1872–1935]

A giant, malignant, multinucleated B lymphocyte, the presence of which is the pathologic hallmark of Hodgkin disease.

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