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GRAY HEPATIZATION [1 record]

Record 1 2010-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Lungs
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

A usually late stage of hepatization [in pneumonia] in which the affected lung tissue is grayish.

OBS

[In gray hepatization,] the exudate is beginning to degenerate prior to breaking down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Poumons
  • Maladies bactériennes
DEF

Troisième stade anatomopathologique de la pneumonie, correspondant à la phase critique de la maladie [et caractérisé] par un bloc pneumonique ferme, d'aspect granité et de couleur grisâtre, et microscopiquement par des alvéoles remplis d'un exsudat partiellement liquéfié sous l'influence de polynucléaires très abondants.

Spanish

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