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Definition of Anaphylactic shock
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Anaphylactic shock
1. Noun. A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and preventing breathing. ¹
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Medical Definition of Anaphylactic shock
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaphylactic Shock
Literary usage of Anaphylactic shock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"Diphtheria antitoxin may be given without fear of anaphylactic shock in cases of
diphtheria. The few serious accidents have occurred only with prophylactic ..."
2. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"anaphylactic shock Parenteral injection of native proteins sensitizes animals
... The phenomena of this " anaphylactic shock" resemble closely those ..."
3. Surgical Shock and the Shockless Operation Through Anoci-association by George Washington Crile, William Edgar Lower (1920)
"TOXIC, FOREIGN PROTEIN, AND anaphylactic shock To determine the histologie changes
produced by toxic, foreign protein, and anaphylactic shock the brains of ..."
4. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"anaphylactic shock IN MAN, ... In the former group are included a relatively few
cases of anaphylactic shock and the widely- observed phenomenon called ..."
5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Furthermore, a more or less beneficial effect has been shown to be produced by
the administration of epinephrine to animals in anaphylactic shock (Galambos ..."
6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"which had been injected with adrenalin indicated the possibility of adding to
our knowledge concerning the fall of temperature during anaphylactic shock. ..."
7. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser (1918)
"He investigated the participation in anaphylactic shock of the various organs
and determined that shock did not occur when the abdominal vessels were ..."
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