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Foreign-Body Reaction

Medical Definition: Chronic inflammation and granuloma formation around irritating foreign bodies.
Guide Notes: note category: in presence of a dis, use /etiol, not /compl
Previously Indexed: Foreign Bodies (1966-1971)
Foreign-Body Reaction Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Granuloma, Foreign-Body - Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY), usually surrounded by lymphocytes.

Foreign-Body Reaction Medical Definitions and Terms

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