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Definition of Inclusion body
1. Noun. Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases). "An inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Generic synonyms: Body
Specialized synonyms: Plasmid, Plasmid Dna, Cancer Body, Russell's Body
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclusion Body
Literary usage of Inclusion body
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"From the type of reaction in the kidney and by analogy with cytomegalic inclusion-body
disease in other species there are strong grounds for presuming that ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"If this factor were the causal agent of inclusion-body rhinitis, it might be
supposed that it would still be present somewhere among the young field cases ..."
3. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"The virus-like particle size and morphology, the close association of the nucleo-
lus with the developing inclusion body, and the presence of intranuclear ..."
4. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"... the nucleus is stained a deep blue, the cell protoplasm a pale blue and the
inclusion body a purplish hue. ..."
5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... were really the elementary bodies of a virus, growing in an inclusion body in
a way that is common and rather characteristic of many virus diseases. ..."