anaphylaxis

English

Etymology

coined by Charles Richet and Paul Portier From the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “(intensifier) thoroughly”) from ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “to, again, upon”) and φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “protection, watching, guarding”).

Noun

anaphylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaphylaxes)

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

Hypernyms

• hypersensitivity
  • type I hypersensitivity

Derived terms

• anaphylatoxin
• pseudoanaphylaxis

Related terms

• anaphylactic
• anaphylactically
• anaphylactogenic
• anaphylactoid
• anaphylaxic
• antianaphylaxis
• seroanaphylaxis

Translations

extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug

• Finnish: anafylaksia (fi)
• Hungarian: anafilaxia
• Polish: anafilaksja (pl) f
• Turkish: anafilaksi (tr)

severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen — see also anaphylactic shock

• Arabic: إِعْوَار (ʔiʕwār), عَوَار (ʕawār), تَأَق (taʔaq)
• Catalan: anafilaxi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過敏性反應 / 过敏性反应 (zh) (guòmǐnxìng fǎnyìng), 過敏性休克 / 过敏性休克 (zh) (guòmǐnxìng xiūkè)

• Czech: anafylaxe f
• Dutch: anafylaxie (nl)
• Finnish: anafylaksia (fi)
• French: anaphylaxie (fr) f
• German: Anaphylaxie f
• Greek: αναφυλαξία (el) f (anafylaxía)
• Hindi: तीव्रग्राहिता (tīvragrāhitā)
• Hungarian: anafilaxia
• Indonesian: anafilaksis (id)
• Italian: anafilassi (it) f
• Japanese: アナフィラキシー (ja) (anafirakishī)
• Kazakh: анафилаксия (anafilaksiä)
• Portuguese: anafilaxia f
• Russian: анафилакси́я (ru) f (anafilaksíja)
• Spanish: anafilaxia (es) f