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goblet cell

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goblet cell [′gäb·lət ‚sel]
(histology)
A unicellular, mucus-secreting intraepithelial gland that is distended on the free surface. Also known as chalice cell.
(invertebrate zoology)
Any of the unicellular choanocytes of the genusMonosiga.


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After three months, both active-treatment groups showed significant improvements compared with the control group with respect to blurred vision, tear film breakup time, Schirmer tear test results, and goblet cell density.
Glucocorticoids inhibit many of the cells involved in airway inflammation, including macrophages, T lymphocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells in the bronchial airway epithelium and submucosa, and reverse the shedding of epithelial cells and goblet cell hyperplasia seen in asthma.
9,10 The first case concerns a 16-year-old patient with osteomyelitis and simultaneous rectal bleeding from a friable colonic mucosa wim multiple pseudopolyps; histology revealed acute and chronic inflammation and distortion of mucosal architecture with goblet cell depletion.
 
 
 
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