HyperDic: anaphylactic_shock

English > 1 sense of the expression anaphylactic shock:
NOUNstateanaphylactic shocka 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
English > anaphylactic shock: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Broaderanaphylaxishypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
Spanishshock anafiláctico
Catalananafilaxi, xoc anafilàctic

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