anaphylaxis

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

anaphylaxie

choc anaphylactique

réaction anaphylactique

Synonymes

anaphylactic shock

hypersensitivity

supersensitivity

anaphylactic reactions

hypersusceptibility

anaphylactic reaction

Traductions

anafilassi

Anaphylaxie

anafilaxia

anafilaxi

anafilaxia

anafilaxis

anafylaxie

αναφυλαξία

تفاعلات تأقية

reacciones anafilácticas

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).