An object or piece of extraneous matter that has entered the body by accident or design.
（进入体内的）异物
the intrauterine device is a foreign body
figurative an idea from outside the department is viewed as a foreign body
Example sentencesExamples
The DNA then starts making proteins that are recognised by the body as foreign bodies and attacked.
The drawing action of castor oil is also very useful for removing splinters or other foreign bodies from the eye, allowing the offending bodies to be removed along natural channels.
If there is a superficial foreign body inside the eye as a result of a glass/iron bit getting lodged in the eye, it needs to be removed as soon as possible.
The first was to repair the eye immediately after the injury and the second was to remove the foreign body and re-attach the retina.
Nature has provided glands that produce wax to keep foreign bodies like insects from entering the ear.
An ultra-sound scan revealed the presence of a foreign body in her thigh muscle.
A general anaesthetic can interfere with the body's natural cough reflex, which normally helps prevent foreign bodies entering the breathing system.
Come on, Bryan - you must have a foreign body stuck in your pipeline!
The cause of the accident was a foreign body which got jammed between the brake caliper and the inside of a wheel rim and machined a groove into the rim which caused an immediate failure.
That is, in spite of the importance of English to international relations, it remains a foreign body, and one that exists in school at the expense of other subjects.
It is the foreign body that puts the body to work.
The foreign body was removed through another surgery.
They are treated as foreign bodies that have to be extirpated from the body Hispanic.
The foreign body that it cannot effectively assimilate is European modernity.
They're simply there to stop foreign bodies going into the lungs.
A foreign body stuck in a pipe covers most situations.
This could mean the end of the rejection problem - when the body rejects a foreign body after transplantation.
Remember, your animal suffering a gastrointestinal foreign body does not constitute a lack of parenting or care.
The body encounters myriad foreign bodies via the mucus lining of air passages.
Eye injuries may be caused by irritants such as sand, dirt, or other foreign bodies on the eye's surface.
Synonyms
contaminant, adulterant, pollutant
Definition of foreign body in US English:
foreign body
nounˈfôrən ˈbädē
An object or piece of extraneous matter that has entered the body by accident or design.
（进入体内的）异物
the intrauterine device is a foreign body
figurative an idea from outside the department is viewed as a foreign body
Example sentencesExamples
That is, in spite of the importance of English to international relations, it remains a foreign body, and one that exists in school at the expense of other subjects.
The foreign body that it cannot effectively assimilate is European modernity.
If there is a superficial foreign body inside the eye as a result of a glass/iron bit getting lodged in the eye, it needs to be removed as soon as possible.
Eye injuries may be caused by irritants such as sand, dirt, or other foreign bodies on the eye's surface.
The first was to repair the eye immediately after the injury and the second was to remove the foreign body and re-attach the retina.
The cause of the accident was a foreign body which got jammed between the brake caliper and the inside of a wheel rim and machined a groove into the rim which caused an immediate failure.
An ultra-sound scan revealed the presence of a foreign body in her thigh muscle.
Nature has provided glands that produce wax to keep foreign bodies like insects from entering the ear.
It is the foreign body that puts the body to work.
A foreign body stuck in a pipe covers most situations.
They're simply there to stop foreign bodies going into the lungs.
The drawing action of castor oil is also very useful for removing splinters or other foreign bodies from the eye, allowing the offending bodies to be removed along natural channels.
The DNA then starts making proteins that are recognised by the body as foreign bodies and attacked.
The body encounters myriad foreign bodies via the mucus lining of air passages.
This could mean the end of the rejection problem - when the body rejects a foreign body after transplantation.
The foreign body was removed through another surgery.
A general anaesthetic can interfere with the body's natural cough reflex, which normally helps prevent foreign bodies entering the breathing system.
Remember, your animal suffering a gastrointestinal foreign body does not constitute a lack of parenting or care.
They are treated as foreign bodies that have to be extirpated from the body Hispanic.
Come on, Bryan - you must have a foreign body stuck in your pipeline!