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


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Vascular damages were endothelial swelling and vascular fibrinoid necrosis (Figure 2).
Biopsy results positive for Winkler's disease include epithelial hyperplasia, collagen degeneration, focal fibrinoid necrosis, and inflammatory cells with or without cartilage degeneration.
Fibrinoid necrosis of the vessel occurred often, and the tunica intima was frequently thickened.
 
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