foreign body; deceased; strange object
Meanings
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foreign body; foreign object (medical)
technicalMedical term referring to objects lodged in the body, such as in the eyes, respiratory tract, or digestive system.
The doctor removed the foreign object from his eye.
Tracheal foreign body is one of the common emergencies in children.
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Do not let children play with small glass balls to avoid accidental swallowing and foreign body obstruction.
This X-ray machine can detect whether there are residual foreign bodies in the body.
noun
dead person; the deceased (literary)
archaicLiterary and archaic usage, often appearing in the phrase 化为异物 (to become a dead person/to die).
Life is impermanent; eventually all will become the deceased.
Ancient people believed that after death people become the deceased and enter another world.
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Watching his former comrades-in-arms become the deceased, he couldn't help shedding tears.
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strange object; exotic item; rarity (literary)
literaryLiterary usage referring to rare, unusual, or exotic objects, often from distant lands or of mysterious origin.
The museum displays many exotic items from foreign lands.
He traveled everywhere and collected many rare strange objects and treasures.
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These strange objects were merely ordinary items in the eyes of the locals, but were regarded as treasures by outsiders.