- trachoma bodies
- inclusion bodies found in clusters in the cytoplasm of the epithelial cells from the conjunctiva of a trachomatous eye; called also Prowazek, Prowazek-Greeff, or Halberstaedter-Prowazek b's.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
trachoma bodies
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