Skip to content

Anaphylaxis

Also called Severe systemic allergic shock

Emergency MedicineImmunologyEssential

A rapid, severe, and potentially life-threatening systemic hypersensitivity reaction causing airway occlusion and vascular collapse.

Korean

아나필락시스

알레르겐에 대한 전신 급성 과민 반응; 기도 폐쇄·혈압 저하·두드러기를 유발하며 에피네프린이 일차 치료제.

French

Anaphylaxie(Choc anaphylactique)

Réaction d'hypersensibilité systémique rapide, sévère et potentiellement mortelle, entraînant une obstruction des voies aériennes et un collapsus vasculaire.

Word parts

  • ana-Prefix(Greek) Up, apart, again

More in Emergency Medicine