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  1. In medicine, a severe allergic response. 
  2. Typically, the air passages become 
  3. constricted, the blood pressure falls
  4. rapidly, and the victim collapses. A rare
  5. condition, anaphylaxis can occur following
  6. wasp or bee stings or treatment with some
  7. drugs.
  8.