idiosyncrasy

idiosyncrasy
1. An individual mental, behavioral, or physical characteristic or peculiarity. 2. In pharmacology, an abnormal reaction to a drug, sometimes specified as genetically determined. [G. idiosynkrasia, fr. idios, one's own, + synkrasis, a mixing together]

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id·io·syn·cra·sy .id-ē-ə-'siŋ-krə-sē n, pl -sies
1) a peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament
2) individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food) <anemia accompanying the use of a sulfa drug is usually considered to be due to \idiosyncrasy>

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n.
an unusual and unexpected sensitivity exhibited by an individual to a particular drug or food. Drug idiosyncrasy commonly takes the form of undue susceptibility or hypersensitivity, so that the standard dose causes an excessive effect; the normal effect is produced by a small fraction of the standard dose.
• idiosyncratic adj.

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id·io·syn·cra·sy (id″e-o-sinґkrə-se) [idio- + Gr. synkrasis mixture] 1. a habit or quality of body or mind peculiar to any individual. 2. an abnormal susceptibility to some drug, protein, or other agent which is peculiar to the individual. idiosyncratic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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