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noun
Alternative form of herx (“Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Shortened from Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, which in turn derives from the names of Adolf Jarisch and Karl Herxheimer, physicians who separately described the reaction in syphilis patients.
