Aschoff body
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Aschoff body — Asch·off body ä .shȯf n one of the tiny lumps in heart muscle that are typical of rheumatic heart disease and consist of swollen collagen, cells, and fibrils also one of the similar but larger lumps found under the skin esp. in rheumatic fever… … Medical dictionary
Aschoff body — Aschoff bodies or Aschoff nodules are painless nodules present in rheumatic fever. AppearanceIt is an area of focal interstitial myocardial inflammation. Fully developed Aschoff bodies consist of fibrinoid change in connective tissue, lymphocytes … Wikipedia
aschoff body — noun or aschoff nodule ˈäˌshȯf Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: after Ludwig Aschoff died 1942 German pathologist : one of the tiny lumps consisting of swollen collagen, cells, and fibrils found in the heart muscle and typical of… … Useful english dictionary
Aschoff body — /ah shawf/, Pathol. any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and associated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever. Also, Aschoff nodule. [named after Ludwig Aschoff (d. 1942), German pathologist] * * * … Universalium
Aschoff — n. from the medical term Aschoff body (small mass found in heart tissue) … English contemporary dictionary
aschoff nodule — noun see aschoff body … Useful english dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
Aschoff bodies (nodules) cell node — Asch·off bodies (nodules), cell, node (ahshґof) [Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff, German pathologist, 1866–1942] see under body and cell, and see nodus atrioventricularis … Medical dictionary
Aschoff — Karl Ludwig, German pathologist, 1866–1942. See A. bodies, under body, A. nodules, under nodule, node of A. and Tawara, Rokitansky A. sinuses, under sinus, A. cell … Medical dictionary
Jürgen Aschoff — Jürgen Walther Ludwig Aschoff (* 25. January 1913 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † 11. October 1998 in the same city) was a German biologist and behavior physiologist; together with Erwin Bünning and Colin Pittendrigh founder of the… … Wikipedia
