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atopy Med.|ˈætəpɪ|
[ad. Gr. ἀτοπία unusualness, f. ἄτοπος unusual (ἀ- priv. + τόπος place).]
A form of hypersensitivity in which acute reactions occur, on exposure to the antigen, in some special organ or tissue. So ˈatopic, aˈtopic, a., (a) out of place (Webster 1909); (b) Med. pertaining, relating to, or characterized by atopy.
1923A. F. Coca in Jrnl. Immunol. VIII. 166 The group of abnormal hypersensitiveness includes..those idiosyncrasies that are controlled by the dominant gene... This latter sub-group evidently needs a special term by which it may be conveniently designated, and this need is satisfactorily met with the word atopy, which was..suggested by Professor Edward D. Perry. Ibid. 167 (heading) Atopic hyper⁓sensitiveness. 1925Coca & Grove Ibid. X. 448 It will be convenient to introduce here a term with which to designate the specifically reacting substances in the serum of atopic individuals... We would like to suggest the noncommittal term ‘atopic reagin’. 1948J. H. Black Vaughan's Practice of Allergy vi. 37 Atopy will be used in this volume..to indicate that group of allergic phenomena in which a reagin mechanism can be demonstrated... Atopic eczema can thus be differentiated from contact eczema. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xix. 275 An Atopic Cataract which tends to develop rapidly, appears frequently in sufferers from severe and widespread skin diseases—atopic eczema, [etc.]. |