History
The term "aphylaxis" was coined by Charles Richet in 1902 and later changed to "anaphylaxis" due to its nicer quality of speech. He was subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for his work on anaphylaxis in 1913. The phenomenon itself however has been described since ancient times. The term comes from the Greek words ἀνά ana, against, and φύλαξις phylaxis, protection.
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