anaphylactic

1. 1.

   related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis

   “anaphylactic shock”

Questions about anaphylactic

What does anaphylactic mean?

anaphylactic means "related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis".

How many syllables are in anaphylactic?

anaphylactic has 5 syllables and divides as a-na-phy-lac-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is anaphylactic a common word?

anaphylactic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.