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OXYPHIL CELLS

Cell's of the parathyroid gland that magnify in number with age; the cytoplasm contains numerous mitochondria and stains with eosin. Similar cell's, and tumours composed of them, are found in salivary glands and the thyroid; in the latter, also called Hurthle cell's.
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