dictionary help| hypersensitiveness --> hypersensitivity | medical dictionary |
<immunology> A state of altered reactivity in which the body reacts with an exaggerated immune response to a foreign substance. Hypersensitivity reactions are classified as immediate or delayed, types I and IV, respectively, in the Gell and Coombs classification of immune responses.
(11 Mar 2008)
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