sarcoid
/ˈsɑrkɔɪd/
adjective
- Relating to or resembling sarcoidosis, a disease that causes small clumps of inflammatory cells (granulomas) in various organs of the body.
- The patient was diagnosed with sarcoid lung disease after a chest X-ray showed granulomas.
- Doctors monitor sarcoid symptoms closely because the disease can affect the heart and eyes.
- Sarcoid lesions can appear on the skin as raised, reddish bumps.
noun
- A granuloma or lesion characteristic of sarcoidosis.
- Treatment helped reduce the size of the sarcoids over several months.
- The biopsy revealed a sarcoid in the lymph node tissue.
- Multiple sarcoids were found in the patient's lungs during the scan.