Term: anaphylactic shock: 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
Candidate hypernym: anaphylaxis: hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance → 1
Candidate hypernym: rule: (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice → 0
Candidate hypernym: equivocation: intentionally vague or ambiguous → 0
Candidate hypernym: adjunct: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence → 0
Candidate hypernym: palinuridae: spiny lobsters → 0
Candidate hypernym: set: (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way → 0
Candidate hypernym: ileal artery: branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum → 0
Candidate hypernym: saltation: (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species → 0
Candidate hypernym: duct: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance → 0
Candidate hypernym: high jump: a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar → 0
Candidate hypernym: slops: cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain) → 0