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asteroid /as·ter·oid/ (as´ter-oid) star-shaped.
asteroid [as´ter-oid]
star-shaped.

asteroid
star-shaped.

asteroid body
1. found in fungal pulmonary lesions. Small remnants of hyphae are surrounded by radiating acidophilic clubs similar to those of the granules of actinomycosis.
2. an irregularly star-shaped inclusion body found in the giant cells in sarcoidosis and other diseases.


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