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anaphylactic shock

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1. n. 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 Source: wordnet

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become exposure fatal hypersensitivity insect organism penicillin previous rapid reaction sensitized severe shellfish sometimes substance vaccine venom

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anaphora anaphoric anaphoric pronoun anaphoric relation anaphors anaphrodisia anaphrodisiac

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