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A supravitally-stainable, small, round inclusion within red blood cells composed of denatured hemoglobin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hematology, medicine, sciences
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History
Named after Robert Heinz (1865–1924), a German physician who in 1890 described these inclusions in hemolytic anemias.
