Associations to the word «Anaphylaxis»

Wiktionary

ANAPHYLAXIS, noun. Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
ANAPHYLAXIS, noun. A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.

Dictionary definition

ANAPHYLAXIS, noun. Hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats