| NOUN | state | anaphylactic shock | 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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| 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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| Broader | anaphylaxis | hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance |
| Spanish | shock anafiláctico | |
| Catalan | anafilaxi, xoc anafilàctic | |
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