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Arthus' reaction

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[ahr-too-siz] / ɑrˈtu sɪz /

noun

Immunology.

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

Etymology

Origin of Arthus' reaction

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

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