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cholesterol cleft
cho·les·ter·ol cleft
Definitions related to cholesterol cleft:
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A finding of an empty space in a histological section of paraffin-embedded tissue created by the dissolution of cholesterol crystals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Presence of flat, thin, rhomboid spaces in tissue created by the dissolution of cholesterol crystals during processing.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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