[ 'kʊpfə ]
■ noun Anatomy a phagocytic liver cell, involved in the breakdown of red blood cells.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the Bavarian anatomist Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer .
KUPFFER CELL
Meaning of KUPFFER CELL in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004