| lieberkuhn | <optics> A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector. Origin: Named after a German physician and instrument maker, J. Lieberkuhn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Lieberkuhn's crypts | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lieberkuhn's follicles | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lieberkuhn's glands | <anatomy> The simple tubular glands of the small intestines. Synonym: crypts of Lieberkuhn. See: Lieberkuhn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lieberkuhn, Johann | <person> German anatomist, 1711-1756. See: Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lieberkuhn, Johann Nathaniel | <person> Was a Physician and an Anatomist, noted for his technique of injecting. Lieberkuhn's Glands, Crypts, Follicles - glandulae intestinales. These glands were discovered by Malpighi in 1688 and were described anew by Brunner in 1715 and by Galeati in 1731. Lived: 1711-1756. B. Berlin, Sep 5th, 1711, d. Berlin, Oct 7th, 1756. (05 Dec 1998) |