anaphylactoid reaction

anaphylactoid reaction
a reaction resembling generalized anaphylaxis but not caused by IgE-mediated allergic reaction, instead being due to nonimmunologic degranulation of mast cells with release of the pharmacological mediators involved in anaphylaxis. Called also anaphylactoid shock.

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