Definition of Aschoff bodies

1. Noun. (plural of Aschoff body) ¹

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Medical Definition of Aschoff bodies

1. Small granulomas composed of macrophages, lymphocytes and multinucleate cells grouped around eosinophilic hyaline material derived from collagen. Characteristic of the myocarditis of rheumatic fever. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aschoff Bodies

Ascension
Ascension Day
Ascension Island
Ascension Islander
Ascension Sunday
Ascension of Christ
Ascension of the Lord
Asch
Aschelminthes
Ascher's aqueous influx phenomenon
Aschheim-Zondek test
Aschner's phenomenon
Aschner's reflex
Aschner-Dagnini reflex
Aschoff bodies (current term)
Aschoff body
Aschoff cell
Aschoff nodules
Ascidiaceae
Asclepia meadii
Asclepiad
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa

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