Lieberkühn's glands

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Lieberkühn's glands (crypts of Lieberkühn, intestinal glands) (lee-ber-koonz) pl. n. simple tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the intestine. They are lined with columnar epithelium in which various types of secretory cells are found. [ J. N. Lieberkühn (1711–56), German anatomist]

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