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Definition: Anaphylactic Shock |
Anaphylactic ShockNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Anaphylactic Shock |
| English words defined with "anaphylactic shock": hypersensitivity reaction. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | An extreme allergic reaction can result in anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening situation in which a person's airway swells shut and blood pressure drops. (references) | |
They can also produce anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction characterized by swelling of body tissues, including the throat, and a sudden fall in blood pressure. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anaphylactic shock | 78 |
anaphylactic shock symptom | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "anaphylactic shock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | anafylaktisk shock (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Dutch | anafylactische shock (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic crisis, anaphylactic period, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Finnish | anafylaktinen sokki (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
French | crise colloïdoclasique (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), choc anaphylactique (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
German | anaphylatischer Schock (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), anaphylaktischer Schock (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Greek | αναφυλακτικό σόκ (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), αναφυλακτική αντίδραση (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), αναφυλακτική αποπληξία (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Italian | shock anafilattico (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), shock allergico (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anaphylacticay ockshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | choque anafiláctico (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Spanish | shock anafiláctico (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response), choque anafiláctico (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
Swedish | anafylaxi (A shock reaction that may occur in a human or other mammal following reexposure to an antigen.It is due to the inflammatory effect of histamine, anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response, anaphylaxis, bradykinin and serotonin released from most cells in response to the antibodies formed.), anafylaktisk chock (anaphylactic choc, anaphylactic response). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Anaphylactic Shock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anaphalactic shock, anaphylatic shock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-c-h-h-i-k-l-n-o-p-s-t-y" | |
-5 letters: anaphylactic, cytochalasin. | |
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