- lepra reaction
- an aggravation of lumps on the skin caused by leprosy, accompanied by fever and malaise.
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lepra reaction — n one of the acute episodes of chills and fever, malaise, and skin eruption occurring in the chronic course of leprosy * * * an aggravation of lumps on the skin caused by leprosy, accompanied by fever and malaise. * * * an acute or subacute… … Medical dictionary
lepra reaction — noun : one of the acute episodes of chills and fever, malaise, and skin eruption occurring in the chronic course of leprosy … Useful english dictionary
Реакция Лепры (Lepra Reaction) — увеличение кожных образований, возникающее при лепре и сопровождающееся повышением температуры и общим недомоганием. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
lepra — lep·ra lep rə n LEPROSY * * * lep·ra (lepґrə) [Gr. lepra leprosy, which makes the skin scaly] leprosy. See also under reaction … Medical dictionary
downgrading reaction — a type 1 lepra reaction, similar in appearance to the reversal reaction (upgrading reaction), but representing a deterioration in the immune response to Mycobacterium leprae, worsening of clinical symptoms, and an increased index of M. leprae in… … Medical dictionary
reversal reaction — a type 1 lepra reaction usually occurring during chemotherapy in borderline leprosy. It is a type of delayed hypersensitivity reaction with “upgrading†of cell mediated immunity to Mycobacterium leprae; this process tends to move the disease… … Medical dictionary
РЕАКЦИЯ ЛЕПРЫ — (lepra reaction) увеличение кожных образований, возникающее при лепре и сопровождающееся повышением температуры и общим недомоганием … Толковый словарь по медицине
erythema nodosum leprosum — the type 1 kind of lepra reaction; it resembles an Arthus reaction, and usually occurs during chemotherapy for lepromatous or borderline lepromatous leprosy, although occasionally it appears spontaneously. It is usually characterized by… … Medical dictionary
Diffuse leprosy of Lucio and Latapí — The diffuse leprosy of Lucio and Lapatí, also known as diffuse lepromatous leprosy or pretty leprosy is a clinical variety of lepromatous leprosy. It was first described by Lucio and Alvarado in 1852 and re identified by Latapí in 1936. It is… … Wikipedia
Mosuke Murata — (村田 茂助, Murata Mosuke?) is a Japanese dermatologist and was the designator of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL)(1912), the type 2 lepra reaction. Contents 1 Life and works … Wikipedia
