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ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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