Acute-Phase Reaction

**Definition:** 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.

**Tree numbers:** - C23.550.470.099

**Synonyms:** - Acute Phase Response - Acute-Phase State - Reaction, Acute-Phase - Response, Acute-Phase