Arthus phenomenon
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Arthus phenomenon — ▪ medicine local swelling, redness, and tissue death following skin injection of soluble antigen into a subject previously immunized by a series of similar injections. The tissue damage is a result of the precipitation of antigen–antibody… … Universalium
arthus phenomenon — ˈärthəs , F ȧrtu̅e̅u̅e̅s noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: probably translation of French phénomène d Arthus, after Nicholas M. Arthus died 1945 French bacteriologist : a reaction following injection of an antigen into an animal in… … Useful english dictionary
Arthus reaction — Ar·thus reaction är thəs , ȧr tues n a reaction that follows injection of an antigen into an animal in which hypersensitivity has been previously established and that involves infiltrations, edema, sterile abscesses, and in severe cases gangrene … Medical dictionary
Arthus' reaction — /ahr tooh siz/, Immunol. a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host. Also called Arthus phenomenon. [after Nicolas Maurice Arthus (1862 1945), French physiologist, who discovered it in 1903] * * * … Universalium
Arthus' reaction — /ahr tooh siz/, Immunol. a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host. Also called Arthus phenomenon. [after Nicolas Maurice Arthus (1862 1945), French physiologist, who discovered it in 1903] … Useful english dictionary
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
Arthus reaction (phenomenon) — Ar·thus reaction (phenomenon) (ahr tūsґ) [Nicolas Maurice Arthus, French physiologist, 1862–1945] see under reaction … Medical dictionary
Arthus — Maurice, French bacteriologist, 1862–1945. See A. phenomenon, A. reaction … Medical dictionary
reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… … Medical dictionary
List of eponymous diseases — An eponymous disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples… … Wikipedia
