visceralizationn.
/ˌvɪsərəlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Pathology.
The spreading of an infection to the viscera; the movement of a pathogen towards the viscera.
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viscerotropism1940
visceralization1963
1963 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 113 410 Visceralization of the parasites occurs as a further complication.
1969 Current 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.
1980 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 152 605 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.
Derivatives
ˈvisceralize v. (intransitive) to spread to or attack the viscera.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > of internal organs: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > attack viscera
visceralize1969
1969 Current 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.
1974 W. 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).
1981 Ann. 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.
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