See Also: Aschoff nodules(medicine)
aschoff bodies(medicine)
Aschoff cell(medicine)
node of Aschoff and Tawara(medicine)
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses(medicine)
Aschoff, Karl Ludwig(medicine)
siderotic nodules(medicine)
singer's nodules(medicine)
milkers' nodules(medicine)
malpighian nodules(medicine)

Millon (iou) and Aschoff nodules (medicine)


Millon (iou)



Millon noun. L19.
[A. N. E. Millon (1812-67), French chemist.]
Chemistry.
Millon's base, a yellow powder, Hg2NOH2H2O, which is a mercury-substituted derivative of ammonia. L19.
a. Millon's reagent, a clear solution of mercuric nitrate containing some nitrous acid, used in Millon's test. L19.
b. Millon's test, Millon's reaction, Millon test, Millon reaction, an analytical test for phenolic compounds (e.g. oestrogens and (esp.) proteins containing tyrosine), which give a pink or reddish precipitate with Millon's reagent. L19.

Aschoff nodules (medicine)


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Aschoff bodies
<pathology> Small granulomas composed of macrophages, lymphocytes and multinucleate cells grouped around eosinophilic hyaline material derived from collagen. Characteristic of the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.