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Hypersensitivity vs Anaphylaxis - What's the difference?

hypersensitivity | anaphylaxis |

As nouns the difference between hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis

is that hypersensitivity is any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy while anaphylaxis is extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.

hypersensitivity

English

(wikipedia hypersensitivity)

Noun

(hypersensitivities)
  • any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy

    • Derived terms

    * hypersensitivity pneumonitis

    Related terms

    * hypersensitive

    anaphylaxis

    English

    (wikipedia 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