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Atopy vs Anaphylaxis - What's the difference?

atopy | anaphylaxis |

As nouns the difference between atopy and anaphylaxis

is that atopy is a hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors while anaphylaxis is extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.

atopy

English

(wikipedia atopy)

Noun

(atopies)
  • (medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 67:
  • Whatever factor is invoked to explain the increase in asthma must also be capable of explaining other outbreaks of atopy .
  • A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
  • Synonyms

    * atopic allergy

    See also

    * allergy

    Anagrams

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    anaphylaxis

    Noun

    (anaphylaxes)
  • Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
  • A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
  • Derived terms

    * anaphylactic * anaphylaxic * anaphylactically * anaphylactogenic * anaphylactoid