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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anaphylaxis /ˌanəfɪˈlaksɪs/

▶noun Medicine an extreme allergic reaction to an antigen to which the body has become hypersensitive following an earlier exposure.

– derivatives
anaphylactic adjective.

– origin early 20th cent.: mod. L., from Gk ana- ‘again’ + phulaxis ‘guarding’.

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