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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King