The terms âdrug allergy,â âdrug hypersensitivity,â and âdrug reactionâ are often used interchangeably. Drug reactions encompass all adverse events related to drug administration, regardless of etiology. Drug hypersensitivity is defined as an immune-mediated response to a drug agent in a sensitized patient.
By extension, the term manichean is widely applied (often used as a derogatory term) as an adjective to a philosophy of moral dualism, according to which a moral course of action involves a clear (or simplistic) choice between good and evil, or as a noun to people who hold such a view.
Definition of MONISM. 1. a: a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance b: the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts. 2. : monogenesis. 3. : a viewpoint or theory that reduces all phenomena to one principle.