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Aschoff body
or Aschoff nodule
[ ah-shawf ]
/ ËÉ ĘÉf /
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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
[ Äshâ˛Ă´fâ˛, äâ˛shĂ´fⲠ]
n.
A granulomatous inflammation characteristic of acute rheumatic carditis, consisting of fibrinoid changes in connective tissue and lymphocytes.
The American HeritageÂŽ Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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