As nouns,
anaphylactic shock is a hyponym of
anaphylaxis; that is,
anaphylactic shock is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
anaphylaxis:
- anaphylaxis: hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
- 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