LEYDIG CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leydig cell mean? 

• LEYDIG CELL (noun)
  The noun LEYDIG CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone

  Familiarity information: LEYDIG CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEYDIG CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Leydig's cell; Leydig cell

Hypernyms ("Leydig cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic Leydig cells.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A Leydig cell tumor that arises from the ovarian stroma.

(Ovarian Leydig Cell Tumor, Non-Hilar Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, benign steroid tumor that arises from the ovary and is composed of Leydig cells that contain Reinke crystals.

(Ovarian Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called arrhenoblastoma and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary.

(Androblastoma, NCI Dictionary)

A Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor that arises from the ovary.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor with Heterologous Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

A Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor characterized by the presence of spaces that resemble rete testis (retiform elements).

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor with Retiform Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

The Leydig cells contain crystals of Reinke.

(Ovarian Stromal-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A steroid cell tumor that arises from the ovary and is defined by morphologic features that do not fit into the categories of Leydig cell tumor and stromal luteoma.

(Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

Leydig cell tumors of the ovary follow a benign clinical course.

(Malignant Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A Leydig cell tumor characterized by a large size, cellular atypia, high mitotic activity, vascular invasion and necrotic changes.

(Malignant Testicular Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)