sarcoid — SYN: sarcoidosis. [sarco + G. eidos, resemblance] Boeck s. SYN: sarcoidosis. Spiegler Fendt s. SYN: benign lymphocytoma cutis. * * * sar·coid sär .kȯid adj of, relating to, resembling, or being sarcoid or sarcoidosis <sarcoid fibroblastic… … Medical dictionary
sarcoid granuloma — sarcoidal granuloma the granuloma seen with sarcoidosis, consisting of multinucleated giant cells surrounded by macrophages and epithelioid cells. The appearance is nonspecific; similar granulomas may be seen in other conditions … Medical dictionary
sarcoid neuropathy — a polyneuropathy seen with sarcoidosis, characterized by either cranial polyneuritis or spinal nerve deficits and sometimes large areas of sensory loss on the trunk … Medical dictionary
Darier-Roussy sarcoid — Da·rier Rous·sy sarcoid (dah ryaґ roo seґ) [J.F. Darier; Gustave Roussy, French pathologist and neurologist, 1874–1948] see under sarcoid … Medical dictionary
Boeck's sarcoid — n SARCOIDOSIS … Medical dictionary
Schaumann bodies disease sarcoid syndrome — Schau·mann bodies, disease, sarcoid, syndrome (shouґmahn) [Jцrgen Schaumann, Swedish dermatologist, 1879–1953] see under body, and see sarcoidosis … Medical dictionary
Spiegler-Fendt pseudolymphoma (sarcoid) — Spie·gler Fendt pseudolymphoma (sarcoid) (shpeґgler fentґ) [Eduard Spiegler, Austrian dermatologist, 1860–1908; Heinrich Fendt, Austrian dermatologist, 19th century] cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia; see under hyperplasia … Medical dictionary
sarcoid — adj. (Medicine) fleshy, resembling flesh; resembling a sarcoma (type of malignant tumor) n. tumorous growth that resembles a sarcoma (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
Boeck disease (sarcoid) — (bərk) [Caesar Peter Moller Boeck, Norwegian dermatologist and syphilologist, 1845–1917] sarcoidosis … Medical dictionary
necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis — necrotizing sarcoidal granulomatosis a rare lung condition characterized by focal areas of vasculitis with necrosis and confluent granulomas; it resembles sarcoidosis and usually has a benign course … Medical dictionary