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electrify (medicine) and Peyer's Patches (medicine)


electrify (medicine)


electrify


1. To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

3. To excite suddenly and violently, especially. By something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience. "If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . The whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news." (Macaulay) "Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table." (G. Eliot)

Origin: Electric + -fy.

To become electric.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Peyer's Patches (medicine)


Peyer's patches
Lymphoid organs located in the sub mucosal tissue of the mammalian gut containing very high proportions of IgA secreting precursor cells. The patches have B and T dependent regions and germinal centres. A specialised epithelium lies between the patch and the intestine. Involved in gut associated immunity.