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Foreign

That which belongs to, or operates in accordance with, another nation, territory, state, or jurisdiction, as in the case of nonresident trustees, corporations, or persons.

foreign

adjective alien, attached to annther jurisdiction, belonging to another country, detached, different, disconnected, dissociated, distant, externus, extrinsic, independent, nonresident, not indigeeous, not native, outside, peregrine, remote, separate, strange, subject to another jurisdiction, unallied, unassociated, unconnected, unfamiliar, unusual, without connection
Associated concepts: foreign bills, foreign commerce, foreign corporation, foreign divorce, foreign judgment, foreign jurisdiction, foreign laws, foreign notes, foreign patents, foreign state

LAW, FOREIGN. By foreign laws are understood the laws of a foreign country. The states of the American Union are for some purposes foreign to each other, and the laws of each are foreign in the others. See Foreign laws.

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Cellular and molecular dynamics in the foreign body reaction.

Biomaterials and host versus graft response: a short review

Foreign body reaction is diagnosed with typical histologic findings and clinical symptoms.

Foreign Body Reaction After Cochlear Implantation: A Case Report

Foreign body reaction to bovine pericardium: a previously unreported complication of pediatric chordee repair.

A novel method for repair of testis rupture after gunshot trauma: Repair with Tutoplast processed pericardium

Therefore, we thought it was conjunctival foreign body reaction due to vicryl sutures.

Severe conjunctival foreign body reaction caused by polyglactin 910 (vicryl) suture material following strabismus surgery/Sasilik Cerrahisi Sonrasi Poliglaktin 910 (Viktil) Sutur Materyali Nedenli Olusan Siddetli Konjonktival Yabanci Cisim Reaksiyonu

Key Words: foreign body reaction, scar endometriosis, umbilical hernia repair

Scar endometriosis developing after an umbilical hernia repair with mesh

There are two types of foreign body reactions in pathology: an exudative inflammatory reaction leading to abscess formation or chronic internal or external fistula formation.

A study of abdominal gossypiboma

It is generally accepted that the more lint that is generated in the operating room, the greater the possibility of post-operative wound complications caused by either microorganism transfer or a foreign body reaction.

Surgical brainstorm

These materials are primarily chosen because they are easy to apply and do not provoke a foreign body reaction.

Use of TissuePatchDural[TM] in the closure of an iatrogenic fistula following posterior semicircular canal occlusion surgery for intractable benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Bladder stones could be the result of a foreign body reaction to the tape in the lower urinary tract, they added.

Persistent urinary retention tied to TVT use. (Case Report)

Any materialistic substance which is not native to the human body is a foreign object and will evoke an immune response as foreign body reaction resulting in a granuloma formation.

An unusual foreign body in upper lip: a case report

In the histopathological assessment of the excised material, diffuse calcified cystic areas within the fibrohyalinated stroma beneath the epidermis and foreign body reaction caused by occasional histocytes and giant cells were observed (Figure-2b-d).

Relapsing idiopathic scrotal calcinosis

Contact of these elements with living tissues in the mouth may induce adverse tissue reaction such as foreign body reaction, toxicity and hypersensitivity.