Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Abnormally increased or decreased response to physiologic stimuli.
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Examples
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In autonomic dysreflexia attacks, the patient should be kept upright—the books say sitting, but Rhyme had been in his chair when the vessels tightened en masse and the aide wanted to get him even more elevated, to force the blood back toward the ground.
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The fatigue and fogginess from the dysreflexia attack ebbed in once more and he rested his head on the back of the Storm Arrow.
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The fatigue and fogginess from the dysreflexia attack ebbed in once more and he rested his head on the back of the Storm Arrow.
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But the aftermath of the dysreflexia attack was settling on him like cold dew.
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This would greatly help in reducing the risk of dysreflexia attacks—that skyrocketing of the blood pressure that could lead to stroke that could render him even more disabled than he was.
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In autonomic dysreflexia attacks, the patient should be kept upright—the books say sitting, but Rhyme had been in his chair when the vessels tightened en masse and the aide wanted to get him even more elevated, to force the blood back toward the ground.
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Sweat poured from his skin as the dysreflexia attack began in earnest.
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This would greatly help in reducing the risk of dysreflexia attacks—that skyrocketing of the blood pressure that could lead to stroke that could render him even more disabled than he was.
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But the aftermath of the dysreflexia attack was settling on him like cold dew.
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Sweat poured from his skin as the dysreflexia attack began in earnest.
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