giant cell
Britishnoun
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While it is unclear how exactly Kutcher's vasculitis impaired his vision and hearing, at least one type of vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, can sometimes cause temporary or permanent blindness.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2022
“I know you’re going to hate this,” the wife added, “but we have a different idea about what it might be: giant cell arteritis.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
A rare inflammatory disease called giant cell myocarditis forced her to have her first heart transplant at just 12 years old, and complications from that operation caused damage to her liver and kidneys.
From Fox News ● Jan. 6, 2019
In some species, individual single-celled organisms come together and fuse to form a giant cell with thousands of nuclei.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
This is a malignant tumor after the type of embryonal tissue, and consists of several varieties, such as the round cell, spindle cell, giant cell, alveolar, and melanosarcoma.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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