ARTHUS' REACTION


Meaning of ARTHUS' REACTION in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .