Pirquet's reaction

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• Pirquet, Clemens, Freiherr von — ▪ Austrian physician born May 12, 1874, Vienna, Austria died Feb. 28, 1929, Vienna       Austrian physician who originated a tuberculin skin test (tuberculin test) that bears his name.       Pirquet attended the universities of Vienna, Königsberg …   Universalium

• Pirquet test — Pir·quet test pir kā n a tuberculin test made by applying a drop of tuberculin to a scarified spot on the skin called also Pirquet reaction Pir·quet von Ce·se·na·ti·co pir kā fən chā se nät i kō Clemens Peter (1874 1929) Austrian physician.… …   Medical dictionary

• reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …   Medical dictionary

• Pirquet, Clemens, baron von — born May 12, 1874, Vienna, Austria died Feb. 28, 1929, Vienna Austrian physician. In 1906 he noticed that patients who received two injections of horse serum or smallpox vaccine usually had quicker, more severe reactions (which he called… …   Universalium

• Pirquet von Cesenatico — Clemens P., Austrian physician, 1874–1929. See Pirquet reaction, Pirquet test …   Medical dictionary

• pirquet test — noun also pirquet reaction (ˈ)pir|kā Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Baron Clemens von Pirquet died 1929 Austrian pediatrician : a tuberculin test made by applying a drop of tuberculin to a scarified spot on the skin …   Useful english dictionary

• pirquet reaction — noun see pirquet test …   Useful english dictionary

• Clemens von Pirquet — (1906) Born May 12, 1874(1874 05 12) Hirschstetten near Vienna …   Wikipedia

• Allergy — Classification and external resources Hives are a common allergic symptom. ICD 10 T78.4 …   Wikipedia

• test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

• allergie — [ alɛrʒi ] n. f. • 1909; all. Allergie 1906; du gr. allos « autre, différent » et ergeia ou ergia « action, efficacité » ♦ Modification des réactions d un organisme à un agent pathogène, lorsque cet organisme a été l objet d une atteinte… …   Encyclopédie Universelle