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inclusion body
Used for:
cytoplasmic inclusions
See for:
cellular inclusions
Broader Terms:
cell component
Narrower Terms:
Lewy body
Scope Note:
generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (for example, lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (for example, 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.
Term Number:
0602-4404
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