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.
Also Known As:
Acute Phase Reaction; Acute Phase Responses; Acute Phase State; Acute-Phase Response; Phase Response, Acute; Reaction, Acute Phase; Response, Acute Phase; State, Acute-Phase; Acute Phase Response; Acute-Phase State; Reaction, Acute-Phase; Response, Acute-Phase