单词 | atopy |
释义 | atopyn. Medicine. A form of hypersensitivity in which acute reactions occur, on exposure to the antigen, in some special organ or tissue. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > hypersensitivity idiosyncrasy1893 hypersensitiveness1906 hypersusceptibility1906 anaphylaxis1907 hypersensitization1908 hypersensitivity1914 atopy1923 1923 A. 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. Derivatives ˈatopic adj. (also aˈtopic) (a) out of place (Webster 1909); (b) Medicine pertaining, relating to, or characterized by atopy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [adjective] > hypersensitivity Head1893 hypersensitive1899 hypersensitized1914 hypersusceptible1914 atopic1923 1923 A. F. Coca in Jrnl. Immunol. VIII. 167 (heading) Atopic hyper~sensitiveness. 1925 Coca & Grove in Jrnl. Immunol. 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’. 1948 J. H. Black Vaughan's Pract. 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. 1964 S. 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.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1923 |
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