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  1. Foreign body

    A foreign body (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object. Most references to foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs. Foreign bodies can be inert or irritating. If they irritate they will cause inflammation and scarring. They can bring infection into the body or acquire infectious agents and protect them from the body's immune defenses. They can obstruct passageways either by their size or by the scarring they cause. Some can be toxic or generate toxic chemicals from reactions with chemicals produced by the body, as is the case with many examples of ingested metal objects. With sufficient force (as in firing of bullets), a foreign body can become lodged into nearly any tissue.

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  1. Foreign body

    A foreign body is any object originating outside the body. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object. Most references to foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs. Foreign bodies can be inert or irritating. If they irritate they will cause inflammation and scarring. They can bring infection into the body or acquire infectious agents and protect them from the body's immune defenses. They can obstruct passageways either by their size or by the scarring they cause. Some can be toxic. Both children and adults experience problems caused by foreign objects getting stuck in their bodies. Young children, in particular, are naturally curious and may intentionally put shiny objects, such as coins or button batteries, into their mouths. They also like to stick things in their ears and up their noses. The effect of a foreign body can be very different. For example, a coin causes local pressure on the tissue but generally, is not a medical emergency to remove. A button battery, which can be a very similar size to a coin, generates hydroxide ions at the anode and causes a chemical burn in 2 hours. An ingested button battery that is stuck in the esophagus is a medical emergency. In 2009, Avolio Luigi and Martucciello Giuseppe showed that although ingested nonmagnetic foreign bodies are likely to be passed spontaneously without consequence, ingested magnets may attract each other through children's intestinal walls and cause severe damage, such as pressure necrosis, perforation, intestinal fistulas, volvulus, and obstruction.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Foreign Body in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Foreign Body in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Foreign Body in a Sentence

  1. Keith Pitt:

    The future of this crucial industry will be decided by The Australian government, not a foreign body that wants to shut it down costing thousands of jobs and billions of export dollars for our economy.

  2. Armin Laschet:

    What the AfD has decided on is an attack on almost all religions, they have identified Islam as a foreign body in Germany.

  3. Jenson Button:

    On my way back to Hockenheim from the Mannheim hospital for an eye examination, foreign body found and removed, all good for tomorrow.

  4. Armin Laschet:

    They have identified Islam as a foreign body in Germany, that is divisive, and startling to a Christian Democratic party for which faith has meaning.

  5. Frank Strietzel:

    If the patient will not follow the advice of the dentist, there is a risk of undetected inflammation around the implants, a dental implant is a foreign body like a prosthesis, which requires regular observation.


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  • cuerpo extrañoSpanish
  • வெளிநாட்டு உடல்Tamil

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