ASCHOFF BODY


Meaning of ASCHOFF BODY in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .