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11 letters · 26 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
originBorrowed from French anaphylaxie, coined by French physiologist and parapsychologist Charles Richet and French zoologist Paul Portier from the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “(intensifier) thoroughly”) from ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “to, again, upon”) and φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “protection, watching, guarding”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- asphyxial 24
- asphyxia 23
- phylaxis 23
- sphynx 21
- phalanx 19
- sphinx 18
- hapax 17
- pyxis 17
- salpinx 16
- xylans 16
- pixy 16
- apishly 15