Medical Definition of Ferruginous bodies

1. In the lungs, foreign inorganic or organic fibres coated by complexes of haemosiderin and glycoproteins, and believed to be formed by macrophages that have phagocytised the fibres. See: asbestos bodies. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferruginous Bodies

ferrous sulfate
ferrous sulfide
ferrous sulphate
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadiums
ferrowodginite
ferrowyllieite
ferroxidase
ferrozine
ferruccite
ferruginated
ferrugination
ferrugineous
ferruginol
ferruginous
ferruginous bodies (current term)
ferruginous duck
ferruginous ducks
ferruginous hawk
ferruginous hawks
ferrugo
ferrugos
ferrule
ferruled
ferrules
ferruling
ferrum
ferruminate
ferruminated
ferruminates

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