foreign body

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foreign body

noun foreign bodies

  1. An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter. The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach turned out to be a bottle cap.

    Similar: foreign object

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noun unwanted intruding object

Españolcuerpo extraño
中文異物 /异物 yìwù
Portuguêscorpo estranho
Françaiscorps étranger
DeutschFremdkörper
Românăcorp străin
Русскийиноро́дное те́ло inoródnoje télo
Tiếng Việtvật thể lạ

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@misc{foreign_body_2026,
  title = {foreign body},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foreign%20body},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}