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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An abnormal structure in a cell nucleus or cytoplasm having characteristic staining properties and usually composed of protein, occurring primarily in infectious diseases, especially viral infections such as rabies.

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  • noun any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)

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