Aschoff body

or Aschoff nodule

[ ah-shawf ]
/ ˈɑ ʃɔf /

noun Pathology.

any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and associated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.

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Origin of Aschoff body

named after Ludwig Aschoff (died 1942), German pathologist

Words nearby Aschoff body

Aschaffenburg, Ascham, aschelminth, Aschelminthes, Aschheim-Zondek test, Aschoff body, asci, ascidian, ascidium, ascigerous, ASCII
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Medical definitions for Aschoff body

Aschoff body
[ ăsh′ôf′, ä′shôf′ ]

n.

A granulomatous inflammation characteristic of acute rheumatic carditis, consisting of fibrinoid changes in connective tissue and lymphocytes.
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