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fibrinoid

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fibrinoid /fi·brin·oid/ (fi´brĭ-noid)
1. resembling fibrin.
2. a homogeneous, eosinophilic, relatively acellular refractile substance with some of the staining properties of fibrin.

fi·bri·noid (fbr-noid, fbr-)
adj.
Of or resembling fibrin.
n.
A homogenous acellular material that resembles fibrin and is found in the placenta, forms in connective tissue and in the walls of blood vessels in certain diseases, and is sometimes observed in healing wounds and malignant hypertension.

fibrinoid [fi´brĭ-noid]
1. resembling fibrin.
2. a homogeneous, eosinophilic, relatively acellular refractile substance with some of the staining properties of fibrin.

fibrinoid
1. resembling fibrin.
2. a homogeneous, eosinophilic, relatively acellular refractile substance with some of the staining properties of fibrin.


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Histopathologic findings included a marked lympho-histiocytic fibrinoid necrotizing vasculitis affecting small blood vessels and arterioles in the kidney and liver (Figure) and associated with lymphocytic interstitial nephritis and mild multifocal granulomatous hepatitis.
plexiform lesions or fibrinoid necrosis of vessels were not observed in the obese or morbidly obese subjects (from Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity-Haque et al) 4.
 
 
 
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