Inclusion Bodies |
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| Bodies, Inclusion; Body, Inclusion; Cellular Inclusion; Cytoplasmic Inclusion; Inclusion Body; Inclusion, Cellular; Inclusion, Cytoplasmic; Inclusions, Cellular; Inclusions, Cytoplasmic | |
| A generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (e.g., lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid or Mallory bodies), within the cytoplasm or nucleus of a cell. Inclusion bodies are in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses, observed especially in nerve, epithelial, or endothelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed) | |