Aschoff body: Meaning and Definition of

A'schoff bod"y

Pronunciation: (ä'shôf), [key]
— Pathol. Pathol.
  1. any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and associated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.
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