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tachyphylaxis
tachyphylaxis n.
Brit. 
/ˌtakᵻfᵻˈlaksɪs/
, /ˌtakᵻfᵻˈlaksɪs/U.S. /ˌtækəfəˈlæksəs/
Pharmacology a rapidly diminishing response to successive doses of a drug. [After French tachyphylaxie (Champy & Gley 1911, in Compt. Rend. Soc. de Biol. 71 161).] /ˌtækəfəˈlæksəs/ΘΚΠ
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side effect1868
placebo effect1902
tachyphylaxis1911
side action1933
nocebo effect1961
1911 Index Medicus IX. Index of Subjects 214/2 Tachyphylaxis.
1947 F. K. Oldham et al. Essent. Pharmacol. xi. 132 Its [sc. ephedrine's] disadvantages include..the lessened effect of repeated doses (tachyphylaxis).
1979 Nature 29 Nov. 515/2 The response to DAEA showed neither desensitisation during a 3-min exposure period nor tachyphylaxis with repeated applications.
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