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hit2262017
chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allergen | the environmental substance that causes a reaction |
| allergy | the state when the immune response is too intense or hypersensitive to an environmental substance |
| anaphylaxis | an immediate allergic reaction characterized by contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of capillaries, leading to severe respiratory distress or failure |
| antigen | a cell marker that induces a state of sensitivity after coming in contact with an antibody; any substance that causes the body some type of harm, thus setting off this specific reaction |
| autoimmune | the state when the immune response attacks itself |
| bronchospasm | muscular constriction of the bronchi of the respiratory tract |
| corticosteroid | powerful anti-inflammatory hormones |
| cytotoxic | something that kills cells |
| hemolytic | destruction of red blood cells |
| hypersensitivity | a condition in which there is an excessive response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign body |
| immunodeficiency | the state when the immune response is unable to defend the body due to a decrease or absence of leukocytes, primarily lumphocytes |
| isoimmune | a high level of a specific antibody as a result of antigen stimulation from the red blood cells of another individual; isoimmunization may occur when an Rh-negative person is treated with a transfusion of Rh-positive blood |
| Kaposi's sarcoma | blood vessel cancer that causes reddish-purple skin lesions |
| Pneumocystis carina pneumonia | a protozoan infection of the lungs, commonly occurring in immunodeficient individuals |
| prophylactic | something that works to prevent |
| self-antigen | the body's own antigen |
| status asthmaticus | a severe asthma attack that last for several days |
| streptococcal | relating to the organism Streptococcus; an anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria |
| urticaria | an allergic reaction resulting in a skin eruption of wheals that causes intense itching |
| antihistamines | drugs used to reduce the symptoms from allergies |
| anti-inflammatories | drugs used to reduce inflammation |
| antipyretics/analgesics | drugs used to reduce fever and pain |
| antivirals | drugs used to stop the action of the virus |
| bronchodilators | drugs used to improve breathing |
| blood types | A, B, O, and AB |
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