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(pathology) Acidophil cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in neurons, considered diagnostic of rabies.


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An eosinophilic inclusion body found in the cytoplasm of certain nerve cells containing the rabies virus.

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Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies found in the brain and central nervous system cells of rabies victims.

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