calciphylaxis

calciphylaxis
A condition of induced systemic hypersensitivity in which tissues respond to appropriate challenging agents with a sudden, but sometimes evanescent, local calcification.

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cal·ci·phy·lax·is .kal-sə-fə-'lak-səs n, pl -lax·es -.sēz an adaptive response that follows systemic sensitization by a calcifying factor (as a vitamin D) and a challenge (as with a metallic salt) and that involves local inflammation and sclerosis with calcium deposition
cal·ci·phy·lac·tic -'lak-tik adj
cal·ci·phy·lac·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adv

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cal·ci·phy·lax·is (kal″sĭ-fə-lakґsis) 1. a condition of induced hypersensitivity characterized by formation of calcified tissue in response to administration of a challenging agent. 2. calcific uremic arteriolopathy.

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