herx.
To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment.
Meaning & usage
To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment.
Where this word comes from
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.
A Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.
Where this word comes from
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.
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