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sarcoid, a. and n.|ˈsɑːkɔɪd| [f. Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh + -oid. Cf. Gr. σαρκώδης.] A. adj. 1. Resembling flesh; flesh-like: applied to sponges, plants, etc.
1841Penny Cycl. XX. 423/1 In the Sarcoid..Polypiaria we may imagine the distinct collected axis of Corallium or Pennatula to be ramified and reticulated. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Sarcoides,..sarcoid. 1864Webster (citing Dana.) 2. Path. Pertaining to or resembling sarcoidosis.
1935Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXXIII. 403 A sarcoid lesion of the skin..was removed. 1962Lancet 26 May 1107/2 Sarcoid tissue obtained from a skin lesion was suspended in saline solution. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) xi. 522 The presence [in Crohn's disease] of a sarcoid reaction in the tissues of the bowel wall, and regional lymph nodes. B. n. 1. A sponge particle.
1875H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. v. 70 The ‘sponge⁓flesh’..is found upon a microscopical examination to be composed of an aggregation of rounded amœbiform bodies—the so-called ‘sponge-particles’ or ‘sarcoids’. 2. a. Path. Sarcoidosis; also, a tumour resembling a sarcoma.
1899C. Boeck in Jrnl. Cutaneous & Genito-Urin. Dis. XVII. 543 (heading) Multiple benign sarkoid of skin. 1941Arch. Ophthalm. XXVI. 358 The term sarcoid was adopted by Boeck in 1899 for lesions simulating sarcomas and leukemic conditions of the skin. He believed the condition to be one only of the skin. Later he recognized his mistake in the term and changed it to multiple miliary lupoid. 1963Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals II. x. 565/1 Sarcoids are usually multiple and occur most frequently about the base of the ear, on the neck, and on the lower limbs. 1977Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 484/2 Greenberg et al. (1964) found parotitis in 23 (6%) of 388 patients suffering from sarcoid. 1978Price's Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 12) iii. 275/2 Subcutaneous telangiectases or haemangiomata become visible in some patients. The latter may develop into small tumours or ‘sarcoids’ up to a centimetre across. b. Comb., as sarcoid-like adj.
1943Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. XLVII. 62 Sarcoid-like lesions have..been produced by the injection of bovine tubercle bacilli of low virulence into rabbits. 1968A. Rook et al. Textbk. Dermatol. xxvi. 937/1 Beryllium causes either a local or a systemic sarcoid-like reaction. |