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** Is particularly seen in viral conditions of epithelial tissue.
 
** Is particularly seen in viral conditions of epithelial tissue.
 
* [[Oral Cavity - Cavity & Gingiva#Foot and Mouth disease|Foot and Mouth Disease]] is the best example.
 
* [[Oral Cavity - Cavity & Gingiva#Foot and Mouth disease|Foot and Mouth Disease]] is the best example.
where
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** The virus attacks the stratum spinosum of the epithelium of the tongue and feet.  
the virus attacks the stratum spinosum of the epithelium of
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*** Affected cells are balloon up with water containing the replicating virus.  
the tongue and feet. The affected cells are ballooned up
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*** Cells swell until they burst.
with water containing the replicating virus. The cells swell
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**** The fluid they contained in the cells then forms microvesicles (blisters) in this layer of the epithelium.
until they burst and the fluid they contain forms
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***** May later burst, shedding vast quantities of the virus. W
microvesicles (blisters) in this layer of the epithelium
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***** When it bursts, the edges of the erosion look ragged, but within weeks the germinal epithelium at the base of the erosion regenerates the epithelium, leaving no trace of a scar.
which may later burst, shedding vast quantities of the
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virus. When it bursts, the edges of the erosion look
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ragged, but within weeks the germinal epithelium at the
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base of the erosion regenerates the epithelium, leaving no
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trace of a scar.
      
====Vacuolar Degeneration====
 
====Vacuolar Degeneration====
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