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cytokine storm

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19:56 Jan 4, 2021
English to Hebrew translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical: Health Care, Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: cytokine storm
Definition from Oxford English Dictionary:
an overactive immune response occurring in various infectious and non-infectious diseases, characterized by the excessive production of cytokines and resulting in intense localized or generalized inflammation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Researchers aren’t sure what percentage of severely ill patients will die from a cytokine storm, or even why some people who are infected will go on to have this reaction, while others won’t WebMD
  • Like many other viruses, particularly SARS, MERS, and influenza, the cytokine storm has been used as a warning sign for clinicians to recognize disease escalation. News Medical
  • The combination of hyperinflammation, coagulopathy, and low platelet counts places patients with cytokine storm at high risk for spontaneous hemorrhage. The New England Journal of Medicine
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4סערת ציטוקינים
Amir Gavriely


  

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סערת ציטוקינים


Definition from Dr. Paz Einat:
הפעלת ההגנה האנטי-ויראלית נעשית על ידי "ציטוקינים", חלבונים המתווכים בין מערכת החיסון לשאר תאי הגוף.
אחת הבעיות במחלת קורונה קשה היא הפעלת יתר של הציטוקינים, מה שמכונה "סערת ציטוקינים"

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  • אחת הבעיות במחלת קורונה קשה היא הפעלת יתר של הציטוקינים, מה שמכונה "סערת ציטוקינים". - Scientific article  
Amir Gavriely
Canada
Local time: 16:30
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8
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