"anaphylaxis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anaphylaxis.wav Forms: anaphylaxes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French anaphylaxie, coined by French physiologist and parapsychologist Charles Richet and by French zoologist Paul Portier from the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “(intensifier) thoroughly”) from ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “to, again, upon”) and φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “protection, watching, guarding”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|anaphylaxie}} Borrowed from French anaphylaxie, {{coin|en|Q214851|nobycat=1|nocap=1}} coined by French physiologist and parapsychologist Charles Richet, {{coin|en|Q3372029|nobycat=1|notext=1}} by French zoologist Paul Portier Head templates: {{en-noun|~|anaphylaxes}} anaphylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaphylaxes)
  1. Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug): anafylaksia (Finnish), Anaphylaxie [feminine] (German), anafilaxia (Hungarian), anafilaksis (Indonesian), anafilaksja [feminine] (Polish), anafilaxia [feminine] (Spanish), anafilaksi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-anaphylaxis-en-noun-SRiTsi47 Disambiguation of 'extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug': 98 2
  2. A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen): إِعْوَار (ʔiʕwār) (Arabic), عَوَار (ʕawār) (Arabic), تَأَق (taʔaq) (Arabic), anafilaxi [feminine] (Catalan), 過敏性反應 /过敏性反应 (guòmǐnxìng fǎnyìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 過敏性休克 /过敏性休克 (guòmǐnxìng xiūkè) (Chinese Mandarin), anafylaxe [feminine] (Czech), anafylaxie (Dutch), anafilaksio (Esperanto), anafylaksia (Finnish), anaphylaxie [feminine] (French), Anaphylaxie [feminine] (German), αναφυλαξία (anafylaxía) [feminine] (Greek), तीव्रग्राहिता (tīvragrāhitā) (Hindi), anafilaxia (Hungarian), anafilaksis (Indonesian), anafilassi [feminine] (Italian), アナフィラキシー (anafirakishī) (Japanese), анафилаксия (anafilaksiä) (Kazakh), anafilaxia [feminine] (Portuguese), анафилакси́я (anafilaksíja) [feminine] (Russian), anafilaxia [feminine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: type I hypersensitivity, hypersensitivity Derived forms: anaphylatoxin, pseudoanaphylaxis Related terms: anaphylactic, anaphylactically, anaphylactogenic, anaphylactoid, anaphylaxic, antianaphylaxis, seroanaphylaxis

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          "text": "“Anyone who has experienced or witnessed an anaphylaxis reaction knows it can be very stressful deciding when to inject epinephrine to themselves or a child and often delay,” Dr. Jonathan Spergel, chief of the allergy program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a news release from ARS Pharmaceuticals.",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Anaphylaxie"
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      "sense": "extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug",
      "word": "anafilaxia"
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "anafilaksis"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug",
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      "word": "anafilaxia"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug",
      "word": "anafilaksi"
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anafilaxi"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "guòmǐnxìng fǎnyìng",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "過敏性反應 /过敏性反应"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "guòmǐnxìng xiūkè",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "過敏性休克 /过敏性休克"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "anafylaxe"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "anafylaxie"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "anafilaksio"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "anafylaksia"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "anaphylaxie"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anaphylaxie"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "roman": "anafylaxía",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "tīvragrāhitā",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "तीव्रग्राहिता"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "anafilaxia"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "anafilassi"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "roman": "anafirakishī",
      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "アナフィラキシー"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "word": "анафилаксия"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "anafilaxia"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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}

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