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vegetate (iou) and fuchsin bodies (medicine)


vegetate (iou)



vegetate verb. E17.
[Latin vegetat- pa. ppl stem of vegetare animate, enliven, from vegetus active, from vegere be active: see -ATE3.]
verb intrans. Of a plant, seed, etc.: Exercise vegetative functions; grow, sprout. E17.
J. Morse Naturalists have observed that ore in swamps..vegetates and increases.
b. transf. Increase as if by vegetable growth, present the appearance of vegetable growth. M18.
verb trans. Stimulate growth in; animate, quicken. E17-E19.
verb intrans. fig. Lead an uneventful, monotonous, or empty existence; stagnate. M18.
W. Irving The vast empire of China..has vegetated through a succession of drowsy ages. B. Webb I may simply..vegetate here with Garden, wireless and quiet reading.
verb trans. In pass. Be covered or provided with vegetation or plant life (esp. of a specified kind). L19.
G. E. Hutchinson A shallow richly vegetated lake.

fuchsin bodies (medicine)


fuchsin bodies -->
Russell bodies
Small, discrete, variably sized, spherical, intracytoplasmic, acidophilic, hyaline body's that stain deeply with fuchsin; they occur frequently in plasma cells in chronic inflammation, where they are believed to consist of gamma-globulin.

Synonym: fuchsin bodies.