Medical term:
calcospherite
calcospherite
[kal″ko-sfēr´īt]one of the minute globular bodies formed during calcification by chemical union of calcium particles and albuminous matter of cells.
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cal·co·sphe·rite
(kal'kō-sfēr'īt),A tiny, spheroidal, concentrically laminated body containing accretive deposits of calcium salts; found most frequently in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and ovary, and in meningioma, probably as the result of degenerative changes in the fibrovascular stroma.
Synonym(s): psammoma bodies (3)
[L. calx, lime, + G. sphaira, sphere]
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cal·co·sphe·rite
(kal'kō-sfēr'īt)A tiny, spheroidal, concentrically laminated body containing deposits of calcium salts; found in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and ovary and in meningioma.
Synonym(s): psammoma bodies (3) .
Synonym(s): psammoma bodies (3) .
[L. calx, lime, + G. sphaira, sphere]
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