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Descriptor English: Idiosyncrasy
Descriptor Spanish: Idiosincrasia
Descriptor idiosincrasia
Scope note: Estado de anormal sensibilidad, de naturaleza genotípica, que permite descubrir manifestaciones sintomáticas provocadas por sustancias por las cuales la mayoría de los individuos no se ven afectados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Idiossincrasia
Descriptor French: Idiosyncrasie
Entry term(s): Chemical Idiosyncrasy
Tree number(s): HP1.007.148.200.074.059
Scope note: In Homeopathy, it refers to a state of peculiar hypersensibility, generally exaggerated, of genotypic origin, triggering anomalous, sometimes paradoxical, manifestations towards medicinal, non-medicinal and even food substances, to which the majority of individuals are refractory.
Annotation: no qualif
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
EP epidemiology
HI history
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 26695
Unique ID: DDCS026695
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Idiosyncrasy - Preferred
Concept UI FD00059315
Scope note In Homeopathy, it refers to a state of peculiar hypersensibility, generally exaggerated, of genotypic origin, triggering anomalous, sometimes paradoxical, manifestations towards medicinal, non-medicinal and even food substances, to which the majority of individuals are refractory.
Preferred term Idiosyncrasy
Entry term(s) Chemical Idiosyncrasy



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