Anaphylaxis

//ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs//

Synonyms for "anaphylaxis" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

allergy anaphylactic shock considerateness delicacy empathy exquisiteness fineness

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (10)

hyperesthesia hyperpathia hypersensitivity identification irritability nervousness oversensibility oversensitiveness overtenderness passibility

Related words (18)

perceptiveness perceptivity photophobia prickliness responsiveness sensitiveness sensitivity sensitization soreness supersensitivity sympathy tact tactfulness tenderness tetchiness thin skin ticklishness touchiness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

hypersensitivity hypersensitivity reaction type I hypersensitivity

Related terms

7 entries

anaphylactic anaphylactically anaphylactogenic anaphylactoid anaphylaxic antianaphylaxis seroanaphylaxis

derived

2 entries

anaphylatoxin pseudoanaphylaxis

has context

1 entries

drug

is a

2 entries

disease hypersensitivity reaction

related to

5 entries

allergen allergic anaphylactic shock systemic trachea

Translations

29 translations across 21 languages.

Arabic

3 entries

إِعْوَار noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)
تَأَق noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)
عَوَار noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Catalan

1 entries

anafilaxi noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

過敏性休克 /过敏性休克 noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)
過敏性反應 /过敏性反应 noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Czech

1 entries

anafylaxe noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Dutch

1 entries

anafylaxie noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Esperanto

1 entries

anafilaksio noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Finnish

2 entries

anafylaksia noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)
anafylaksia noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

French

1 entries

anaphylaxie noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

German

2 entries

Anaphylaxie noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)
Anaphylaxie noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Greek

1 entries

αναφυλαξία noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Hindi

1 entries

तीव्रग्राहिता noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Hungarian

2 entries

anafilaxia noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)
anafilaxia noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Indonesian

2 entries

anafilaksis noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)
anafilaksis noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Italian

1 entries

anafilassi noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Japanese

1 entries

アナフィラキシー noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Kazakh

1 entries

анафилаксия noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Polish

1 entries

anafilaksja noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)

Portuguese

1 entries

anafilaxia noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Russian

1 entries

анафилакси́я noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Spanish

2 entries

anafilaxia noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)
anafilaxia noun (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)

Turkish

1 entries

anafilaksi noun (extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Anaphylaxis is a serious and life-threatening allergic reaction.

Source: tatoeba (6608785)

“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.

Source: wiktionary

He said a bite could send someone into anaphylaxis, which is a narrowing of the airways and lowering of blood pressure, within minutes.

Source: wiktionary

While we wait, she [Maggie Aderin-Pocock] reassures me that she always carries an EpiPen, and says she has recently become an ambassador for the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, an allergy awareness charity named after teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperousse, who died from anaphylaxis in 2016.

Source: wiktionary

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