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Meaning of "Lewy bodies" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEWY BODIES

Named after F. H. Lewy (1885–1950), German neurologist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEWY BODIES

Lewy bodies  [ˈluːɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEWY BODIES

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Lewy bodies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEWY BODIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lewy body

Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells in Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia and some other disorders. They are identified under the microscope when histology is performed on the brain. Lewy bodies appear as spherical masses that displace other cell components. The two morphological types are classical Lewy bodies and cortical Lewy bodies. A classical Lewy body is an eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion consisting of a dense core surrounded by a halo of 10-nm-wide radiating fibrils, the primary structural component of which is alpha-synuclein. In contrast, a cortical Lewy body is less well defined and lacks the halo. Nonetheless, it is still made up of alpha-synuclein fibrils. Cortical Lewy bodies are a distinguishing feature of Dementia with Lewy bodies, but may occasionally be seen in ballooned neurons characteristic of Pick's disease and corticobasal degeneration, as well as in patients with other tauopathies. They are also seen in cases of multiple system atrophy, particularly the Parkinsonian variant.

Definition of Lewy bodies in the English dictionary

The definition of Lewy bodies in the dictionary is abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEWY BODIES


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bluey
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chewy
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cluey
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Dewey
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dewy
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flooey
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fluey
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gluey
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gooey
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Hughie
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hui
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kerflooey
kəˈfluːɪ
looey
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louis
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phooey
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tui
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zooey
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEWY BODIES

Lewes
lewis
Lewis acid
Lewis and Harris
Lewis base
Lewis gun
Lewis with Harris
Lewisham

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEWY BODIES

antibodies
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bloodies
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corodies
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foodies
goodies
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Synonyms and antonyms of Lewy bodies in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Lewy bodies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEWY BODIES

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Translator English - Chinese

路易体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuerpos de Lewy
570 millions of speakers

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Lewy bodies
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Translator English - Hindi

Lewy निकायों
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Translator English - Arabic

الهيئات ليوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тельца Леви
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpos de Lewy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লুই দেহগুলি
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Translator English - French

corps de Lewy
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Translator English - Malay

Badan Lewy
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Translator English - German

Lewy-Körperchen
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Translator English - Japanese

レビー小体
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Translator English - Korean

루이 몸
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Translator English - Javanese

Lewy bodies
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Lewy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லிவி உடல்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेव्ही बॉडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lewy cesetleri
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Translator English - Italian

corpi di Lewy
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Translator English - Polish

ciała Lewy´ego
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Тельця Леві
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Translator English - Romanian

corpi Lewy
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Translator English - Greek

σωμάτια Lewy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Lewy liggame
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Lewy bodies
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Lewy- legemer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lewy bodies

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lewy bodies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEWY BODIES»

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Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Clinical, Pathological, and ...
The first book devoted to the clinical, diagnostic and neuropathological features of dementia with Lewy bodies.
Robert Perry, Ian McKeith, Elaine Perry, 1996
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Dementia with Lewy Bodies: and Parkinson's Disease Dementia
Filling a noticeable gap in the market for a new text solely focused on Dementia with Lewy Bodies, this book discusses cutting-edge topics covering the condition from diagnosis to management, as well as what is known about the ...
John O'Brien, David Ames, Ian McKeith, 2005
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Dementia With Lewy Bodies
If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with this devastating disease, this book will give you all of the information you need to deal with this devastating disease.
John Hewitt, Michelle Gabata, M.d., 2011
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Mechanisms and Emerging Therapies in Tremor Disorders
The bulk of the remaining brains in that series exhibited a different set of degenerative changes, namely, Lewy bodies, and this will now be discussed. In the New York series (Louis et al. 2007a, b), while 9.5% of control brains had rare Lewy ...
Giuliana Grimaldi, Mario Manto, 2012
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Dementias:
Lewy Body Disease The term "dementia with Lewy bodies" generically describes various types of disorders such as diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD), senile dementia of Lewy body type and Lewy body variant of AD [84]. The variable clinical ...
S. Govoni, C.L. Bolis, M. Trabucchi, 1999
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Neurodegeneration: The Molecular Pathology of Dementia and ...
Semantic memory is impaired in both dementia with Lewy bodies and dementia of Alzheimer's type: a comparative neuropsychological study and literature review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 70: 149–156. Ballard C, O'Brien J, ...
Dennis Dickson, Roy O. Weller, 2011
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Protein folding and misfolding: neurodegenerative diseases: ...
Arima K, Ueda K, Sunohara N, Hirai S, Izumiyama Y, Tonozuka-Uehara H, Kawai M (1998) Immunoelectron-microscopic demonstration of NACP/alpha-synuclein- epitopes on the filamentous component of Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease ...
Judit Ovádi, Ferenc Orosz, 2008
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Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Kenji Kosaka Abstract The history of Parkinson disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is briefly presented. Since Lewy reported Lewy bodies in the brainstem nuclei of the PD brain in 1912, Lewy bodies had been considered an ...
Koho Miyoshi, Yasushi Morimura, Kiyoshi Maeda, 2010
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Dementia
HISTORY OF RESEARCH Lewy bodies were first seen and linked to Parkinson's disease (“paralysis agitans”) in 1912 by the German neurologist Frederic Lewy. Lewy bodies appear as spherical masses that displace other cell components.
Patrick McNamara, 2011
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Parkinson's Disease
Ronald F. Pfeiffer, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Manuchair Ebadi. LEWY BODIES Lewy bodies are neuronal intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies of two types: the classical brain stem type and the cortical type. Classical brain stem LBs are typically ...
Ronald F. Pfeiffer, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Manuchair Ebadi, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEWY BODIES»

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Neurodegenerative disease: Impeding deposition : Nature Reviews …
Lewy bodies and other types of α-synuclein-rich pathology are typically associated with Parkinson disease but can also be found in many ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Antibodies Targeting Alzheimer's May Benefit Other Neurological …
Furthermore, the monoclonal antibodies displayed specific intraneuronal reactivity around the Lewy bodies in human brains from confirmed ... «Psychiatry Advisor, Jul 15»
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Racial Differences Seen in Alzheimer's Disease
Note that the authors found that the most common mixed pathology for African-American participants was AD pathology with Lewy bodies, ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
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Alzheimer's affects African-American brains differently than whites …
These include the presence of Lewy bodies, which are abnormal proteins found in the brain, and lesions arising from the hardening of tiny ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Parkinson's Disease: The Devil Is in the Protein
These disorders include PD, dementia with Lewy bodies, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1, and multiple system atrophy ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Jul 15»
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Non-motor Symptoms
Lewy bodies have been observed in central regulatory regions of the autonomic nervous system, such as the hypothalamus, which contains ... «The New York Academy of Sciences, Jul 15»
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Soham man James Hope raises over £1200 for Alzheimer's …
James, from Soham, was walking in memory of his granddad, who passed away on May 5 this year with Dementia with Lewy bodies. He has ... «Ely News, Jul 15»
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Understanding Lewy body dementia
... a scientist researching Parkinson's disease in the early 1900s who discovered abnormal protein deposits — Lewy bodies — that disrupt the ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jul 15»
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Friends pay tribute to 'lovely' former Tylers Green resident who …
Eventually, Mrs Collins said May's 'hard life had taken a toll on her' and she passed away after a battle with Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). «Bucks Free Press, Jul 15»
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Primary cilia and autophagic dysfunction in Huntington's disease
Engrafted fetal mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons developed ubiquitin- and α-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies when transplanted in PD ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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