Medical Dictionary
Koch's phenomenon
noun
Medical Definition of KOCH'S PHENOMENON
: the response of a tuberculous animal to reinfection with tubercle bacilli marked by necrotic lesions that develop rapidly and heal quickly and caused by hypersensitivity to products of the tubercle bacillus
Variants of KOCH'S PHENOMENON
Koch's phenomenon also Koch phenomenon
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