a severe nitritoid crisis may follow arsphenamine injection
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
nitritoid reaction — ni·tri·toid reaction nī trə .tȯid n an acute reaction that sometimes occurs to certain drugs (as gold sodium thiomalate) and that resembles poisoning by nitrite esp. in the presence of flushing, tachycardia, and faintness called also nitritoid… … Medical dictionary
nitritoid — ni·tri·toid (niґtrĭ toid) resembling a nitrite or the reaction caused by a nitrite … Medical dictionary
nitritoid — ni·tri·toid … English syllables
Shock — In medicine, shock is a critical condition brought on by a sudden drop in blood flow through the body. There is failure of the circulatory system to maintain adequate blood flow. This sharply curtails the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to vital … Medical dictionary
reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… … Medical dictionary
