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spher·ule

 (sfîr′o͞ol, -yo͞ol, sfĕr′-)
n.
A miniature sphere; a globule.

[Late Latin sphaerula, diminutive of Latin sphaera, ball; see sphere.]

spher′u·lar (sfîr′yə-lər, sfĕr′-) adj.
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spherule

(ˈsfɛruːl)
n
a very small sphere or globule
[C17: from Late Latin sphaerula a little sphere]
ˈspherular adj
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spher•ule

(ˈsfɛr ul, -yul, ˈsfɪər-)

n.
a small sphere or spherical body.
[1655–65]
spher′u•lar (-yʊ lər) adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.spherule - a small sphere
globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
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Translations

spher·ule

n. esfera diminuta.
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Caption: Figure 1: Immature spherule at the late segmentation phase prior to development of endospores of Coccidioides immitis (arrow) isolated from the left flank mass.
As the temperature increased to 206[degrees]C, it remained as a solid, coexisting with the water and vapor phases, it then gradually shrank into liquid spherule. As the reaction continued at a constant temperature of 270[degrees]C, the liquid PEN spherule gradually became smaller, before totally dissolving in the subcritical water to form a homogeneous solution after 10 min.
During the phase transition, the thermally dimorphic fungi upregulate yeast-phase specific genes including Blastomyces adhesion-1 (BAD-1), calcium-binding protein-1 (CBP1), yeast-phase specific-3 (YPS3), and spherule outer wall glycoprotein (SOWgp) to actively subvert host immune defenses.
Coccidioides immitis (Fig 3) was seen as spherule containing multiple endospores.
Upon microscopy, spherule with endospores is a pathognomonic finding.
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Sin embargo, CHAPMAN (1998) describe 8 clases: Plasmatocitos, Esferulocitos (celulas de Spherule), Oenocitoides, Granulocitos, Cistocitos, Prohemocitos, Coagulocitos y Adipohemocitos.
Therefore, during the verification of diagnosis of broncho-pulmonary paecilomycosis the main differential-diagnostic criteria must be the positive results of mycological investigation (high spherule level of Paecilomyces fungi in the blood, their presence in sputum and isolated culture of the fungus in the nutrient media), as well as the absence of other etiological factors of the lung injure.