bodily reaction

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• bodily function — noun an organic process that takes place in the body (Freq. 1) respiratory activity • Syn: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑activity • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (fo …   Useful english dictionary

• reaction — noun Date: circa 1611 1. a. the act or process or an instance of reacting b. resistance or opposition to a force, influence, or movement; especially tendency toward a former and usually outmoded political or social order or policy 2. a response… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bodily process — noun an organic process that takes place in the body respiratory activity • Syn: ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (for: ↑activity) …   Useful english 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

• reaction — n. 1 the act or an instance of reacting; a responsive or reciprocal action. 2 a a responsive feeling (what was your reaction to the news?). b an immediate or first impression. 3 the occurrence of a (physical or emotional) condition after a period …   Useful english dictionary

• Abderhalden reaction — Ab·der·hal·den reaction äp dər .häl dən n the occurrence in body fluids of proteolytic enzymes specific for foreign proteins introduced into the body parenterally Abderhalden Emil (1877 1950) Swiss physiologist. Abderhalden is most noteworthy for …   Medical dictionary

• immune reaction — noun a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen • Syn: ↑immune response, ↑immunologic response •… …   Useful english dictionary

• anaphylaxis — anaphylactic /an euh feuh lak tik/, adj. anaphylactically, adv. /an euh feuh lak sis/, n. Pathol. exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it. [1905 10; ANA + (PRO)PHYLAXIS] * * * Severe, immediate,… …   Universalium

• infectious disease — Introduction       in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …   Universalium

• radioreaction — ra·dio·re·ac·tion (ra″de o re akґshən) a bodily reaction, especially a skin reaction, to radiation …   Medical dictionary

• Baroque — art redirects here. Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc. In the arts, the Baroque (pronounced /bə rɒk/) was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy.… …   Wikipedia