foreign body
Example Sentences
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The BBC has seen a medical document in Sina's name that says "there is a 5mm metallic foreign body" behind his eye.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
He felt like he had a foreign body inside of him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
"The immune cells realize there is a foreign body there, and they react by building a fibrotic capsule that surrounds the implant in an attempt to shield it off."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
The A.I. has seen this fruit but cannot know why it’s there — and so the version it creates is a rogue foreign body, a cancerous green lump that starts to subsume the juice entirely.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But once started, the flesh continued to coat the foreign body until it fell free in some tidal flurry or until the oyster was destroyed.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
