'crypts of Lieberkuehn' definitions:

Definition of 'crypts of Lieberkuehn'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]