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RESPONSE, ACUTE PHASE

\ɹɪspˈɒns], \ɹɪspˈɒns], \ɹ_ɪ_s_p_ˈɒ_n_s]\

Definitions of RESPONSE, ACUTE PHASE

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An early local inflammatory reaction to insult or injury that consists of fever, an increase in inflammatory humoral factors, and an increased synthesis by hepatocytes of a number of proteins or glycoproteins usually found in the plasma.

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