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Arthus' reaction

[ ahr-too-siz ]

noun

, Immunology.
  1. a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Arthus' reaction1

After Nicolas-Maurice Arthus (1862–1945), French physiologist, who discovered it in 1903

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