giant cell

multinucleated masses produced by the fusion of many cells, often associated with viral infections
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giant cell

Summary

giant cell is a cell type[1]. It draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #65 of 335).[2]

Key Facts

  • giant cell's image is recorded as Foreign body engulfed by a giant cell.jpg[3].
  • giant cell's instance of is recorded as cell type[4].
  • giant cell's subclass of is recorded as general anatomical term[5].
  • giant cell's subclass of is recorded as cell[6].
  • giant cell's Commons category is recorded as Giant cells[7].
  • giant cell's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D015726[8].
  • giant cell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lclgj[9].
  • giant cell's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.500[10].
  • giant cell's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • giant cell's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 83623[12].
  • giant cell's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/giant-cell[13].
  • giant cell's Terminologia Histologica is recorded as H1.00.01.0.00040[14].
  • giant cell's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0017526[15].
  • giant cell's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as giant-cells[16].
  • giant cell's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as kjempecelle[17].
  • giant cell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 77076574[18].
  • giant cell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2908574944[19].
  • giant cell's Cell Ontology ID is recorded as CL_0000647[20].
  • giant cell's DeCS ID is recorded as 24694[21].
  • giant cell's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C77076574[22].
  • giant cell's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as zbg2wby5[23].

Why It Matters

giant cell draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #65 of 335).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_giant-cell_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{giant cell}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/giant-cell}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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