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Sensitivity(medicine)
sensitivity(dictionary)
phototoxic sensitivity(medicine)
antibiotic sensitivity(medicine)
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photoallergic sensitivity(medicine)
diagnostic sensitivity(medicine)

allemande (sh) and induced sensitivity (medicine)


allemande (sh)




Processional couple Dance with stately flowing steps, fashionable in the 16th century, especially in France.

A line of couples extended their paired hands forward and paraded back and forth the length of the ballroom. It was revived in the 18th century as a figure Dance for four couples, in which each pair performed intricate turns under each Other's arms, a figure that partly survives in the "allemand" of the U.S. square Dance. In the late 17th century a stylized version of the Dance in 44 time began to be used by composers as the first movement of the suite.


induced sensitivity (medicine)


induced sensitivity -->
allergy


1. <immunology> A state of hypersensitivity induced by exposure to a particular antigen (allergen) resulting in harmful immunologic reactions on subsequent exposures, the term is usually used to refer to hypersensitivity to an environmental antigen (atopic allergy or contact dermatitis) or to drug allergy.

The original meaning, now obsolete, included all states of altered immunologic reactivity, immunity as well as hypersensitivity. Gell and Coombs used the term allergic reaction to mean any harmful immunologic reaction causing tissue injury.

2. <study> The medical specialty dealing with diagnosis and treatment of allergic disorders.