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visceralization Path.|ˌvɪsərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. visceral a. + -ization.]
The spreading of an infection to the viscera; the movement of a pathogen towards the viscera.
1963Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. CXIII. 410 Visceralization of the parasites occurs as a further complication. 1969Current Topics in Microbiol. & Immunol. XLVIII. 30 Subinoculation of the organisms responsible for these conditions into laboratory animals is often followed, even in cutaneous types, by extensive visceralization of the infection. 1980Jrnl. Exper. Med. CLII. 605 BALB/c mice have an exceptional susceptibility to Leishmania tropica infection such that cutaneous lesions grow without restraint in all cases leading to fatal metastasis and visceralization in normal and x-irradiated..animals.
Also ˈvisceralize v. intr., to spread to or attack the viscera.
1969Current Topics in Microbiol. & Immunol. XLVIII. 32 Sudanese or some East African infections of L. donovani derived from wild rodents may fail to visceralise, while the purely human kala-azar of India is usually fatal. 1974W. H. R. Lumsden in Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis (Ciba Symp.) 8 Organisms tending to ‘visceralize’ in man (i.e. with a predilection for infecting cells in the viscera, particularly in the spleen). 1981Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. LXXV. 139 The primary lesions of kala-azar may be confused with oriental sore and..some strains with the capacity to visceralize may fail to do so, causing only dermal lesions. |