ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anaphylactic shock" is a kind of...):

anaphylaxis (hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance)

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