English Explanatory Dictionary

herxing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of herx (“to experience Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction”)
noun
  1. Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment.

Word forms

herxing

Etymology

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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