Aschoff body

English

Etymology

Discovered by Ludwig Aschoff.

Noun

Aschoff body (plural Aschoff bodies)

A painless nodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever.

Translations

nodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever

Portuguese: corpo de Arschoff m

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