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fo·ve·o·la

 (fō-vē′ə-lə)
n. pl. fo·ve·o·lae (-lē′) or fo·ve·o·las
A small fovea.

[New Latin, diminutive of Latin fovea, small pit.]
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foveola

(fəʊˈviːələ)
n, pl -lae (-ˌliː)
(Biology) biology a small fovea
[C19: from New Latin, diminutive of fovea]
foˈveolar adj
foveolate, ˈfoveoˌlated adj
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Caption: Figure 3: Hematoxylin and eosin stain shows hyperplastic gastric type mucosa with coiled elongated foveolae.
Foveolae long, trapezoidal reaching at the end of fastigium; mesosternal interspaces significantly wider than long.............................................
In addition, sulphomucins, non-characteristic of stomach, overlapped on mucosa and in single foveolae have been found in atrophic gastritis.
The dorsum of the petiole and postpetiole are coarsely foveolae and punctate.
The disease is characterised by an infiltrate of lymphocytes in the lamina propria with large numbers of lymphocytes among the epithelial cells lining the surface and foveolae.
These cells were more numerous in the fundic mucosa, where the glands were more tubular and had shorter foveolae. The parietal cells were brighter with central nuclei and appeared distinct from the chief cells.
There are no lateral foveolae. Fastigium meets with frontal costa in wide angle and frontal costa in profile is slightly concave just below the median ocellus (Fig.
Mild inflammation contains 5 to 30 inflammatory cells in the lamina propria per high-power (x40 objective) microscopic field or between the foveolae. More than 30 inflammatory cells per high-power field was considered severe inflammation.