Medical term:
pathergy
pathergy
[path´er-je]1. an abnormal reaction to an allergen, either a subnormal reaction or an excessive reaction.
2. a condition of being allergic to several antigens. adj., adj pather´gic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
path·er·gy
(path'ĕr-jē),Obsolete term for those reactions resulting from a state of altered activity, both allergic (immune) and nonallergic.
[G. pathos, disease, + ergon, work]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pathergy
DermatologyThe development of a skin lesion similar or identical to the “index lesion” at a site of mechanical trauma—e.g., the development of sterile pustules of traumatised skin in patients with Behçet’s disease.
Medspeak, retired
An obsolete nonspecific term for either
(1) An altered immune response to an antigenic challenge, or
(2) The sum of all the reactions arising in or secondary to an altered physiologic "baseline".
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
path·er·gy
(path'ĕr-jē)Those reactions resulting from a state of altered activity, both allergic (immune) and nonallergic.
[G. pathos, disease, + ergon, work]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
pathergy
The appearance of a papular or pustular lesion around a point on the skin at which a sterile substance was injected 24 to 48 hours before.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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