crypts of lieberkuehn

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crypts of lieberkuehn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lieberkuhn's glands \Lie"ber*k["u]hn's glands`\
     (l[=e]"b[~e]r*k[.u]nz gl[a^]ndz`) n. [See Lieberkuehn.]
     (Anat.)
     The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called
     also crypts of Lieberkuehn.
     [1913 Webster]