Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jarisch-herxheimer reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jarisch-herx-heimer re-ac-tion
IPA

54

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dangerous reaction to endotoxin-like products released by the death of harmful microorganisms within the body during antibiotic treatment.

Etymology

Named after the Austrian dermatologist Adolf Jarisch and the German dermatologist Karl Herxheimer.

Inflected Forms

Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions (plural)

Derived Forms

herx

Questions

What does jarisch-herxheimer reaction mean?: A dangerous reaction to endotoxin-like products released by the death of harmful microorganisms within the body during antibiotic treatment.
Where does jarisch-herxheimer reaction come from?: Named after the Austrian dermatologist Adolf Jarisch and the German dermatologist Karl Herxheimer.

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