ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK


Meaning of ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK in English

noun

: a state of shock in an anaphylactic animal resulting from injection or more rarely ingestion of sensitizing antigen or hapten and due mainly to contraction of smooth muscle and increased capillary permeability caused by release in the tissues and circulation of histamine, heparin, and perhaps acetylcholine and serotonin

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