See Also: reversed anaphylaxis(medicine)
reversed passive anaphylaxis(medicine)
Reversed(law)
Reversed(medicine)
reversed shunt(medicine)
reversed-three sign(medicine)
reversed peristalsis(medicine)
reversed-field pinch(medicine)
reversed phase chromatography(medicine)
reversed paradoxical pulse(medicine)

itacism (iou) and reversed anaphylaxis (medicine)


itacism (iou)



itacism noun. M19.
[mod. Latin itacismus, from Greek eta ETA noun1, prob. after Latin iotacismus: see IOTACISM.]
Linguistics. In Greek, the pronunciation of the vowel eta as, or the reduction of various vowels and diphthongs to, the sound [i:] (represented in classical Greek by the letter iota); (an instance of) the erroneous substitution in Greek manuscripts of iota for another vowel or diphthong. Cf. IOTACISM.
itacist noun a person who practises or favours itacism M19.
itacistic adjective characterized by itacism L19.

reversed anaphylaxis (medicine)


reversed anaphylaxis -->
reversed passive anaphylaxis


An anaphylactic reaction induced in an animal injected with a specific antigen, which will bind to reactive tissue, and then, after a latent period, with serum from another animal previously sensitised to the identical antigen.

Synonym: reversed anaphylaxis.