| anaphylactic intoxication | Intoxication following an anaphylactic reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anaphylactic | <immunology> Pertaining to anaphylaxis. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| anaphylactic antibody | Antibody that has an affinity for certain kinds of cells, in addition to and unrelated to its specific affinity for the antigen that induced it, because of the properties of the Fc portion of the heavy chain. See: heterocytotropic antibody, homocytotropic antibody, cytotropic antibody test. Synonym: anaphylactic antibody, cytophilic antibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaphylactic reaction | <immunology> A serious, often life-threatening allergic reaction that is characterised by low blood pressure, shock (poor tissue perfusion) and difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anaphylactic shock | <immunology> A serious, often life-threatening allergic reaction that is characterised by low blood pressure, shock (poor tissue perfusion) and difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| acid intoxication | Poisoning by acid products (beta-oxybutyric acid, diacetic acid, or acetone) formed as a result of faulty metabolism (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes mellitus) or by acids introduced from without; marked by epigastric pain, headache, loss of appetite, constipation, restlessness, and an odour of acetone in the breath, followed by air hunger, coma, and collapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcoholic intoxication | A condition caused by the ingestion of alcohol in which control of one's faculties is impaired and inhibitions are broken. In its later stages one tends toward or reaches insensibility. (webster, 3d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| citrate intoxication | A toxic condition that may develop during massive replacement therapy with transfused blood that contains citrate as an anticoagulant; the citrate combines with calcium ions and may result in tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water intoxication | The condition induced by the undue retention of water with sodium depletion. It is marked by lethargy, nausea, vomiting, and mild mental aberrations, and in severe cases by convulsions and coma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| septic intoxication | Systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Synonym: blood poisoning. See: bacteraemia. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (11 Jan 1998) |
| intestinal intoxication | A disorder resulting from absorption of the waste products of metabolism, decomposed matter from the intestine, or the products of dead and infected tissue as in gangrene. Synonym: autotoxicosis, endogenic toxicosis, enterotoxication, enterotoxism, intestinal intoxication, self-poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intoxication | <pharmacology> Poisoning, the state of being poisoned. Origin: Gr. Toxikon = poison (18 Nov 1997) |