Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anaphylactic_shock

1 sense of anaphylactic shock

Sense 1
anaphylactic shock -- (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)
       => anaphylaxis -- (hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance)