Meanings
nounAschoff body (plural Aschoff bodies)
plural Aschoff bodies
- A painless nodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever.
Origin
Discovered by Ludwig Aschoff.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese corpo de Arschoff
- corpo de Arschoffnodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever
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