Anachoresis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anachoresis is a noun meaning (medicine) The transportation of foreign bodies via blood or lymph and subsequent collection at a site of inflammation.
Meaning
(medicine) The transportation of foreign bodies via blood or lymph and subsequent collection at a site of inflammation.
More Meanings
- Retreat from the world into a solitary life.
Example Sentences
It's possible to have a contemporary version of (secular) anachoresis.
It has been claimed that microorganisms can reach the pulp by anachoresis.
Anachoresis, or anachoretic pulpitis, is, therefore, a pulpitis of systemic origin.
The phenomenon of anachoresis has been demonstrated in animal models both to non-dental inflamed tissues and inflamed dental pulps.
Word Forms
- anachoreses
Related Words
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