allergy

English

/ˈæl.əɹ.dʒi/, [ˈæl.ə.dʒi], [ˈæl.ɚ.dʒi]

noun
Definitions
  • (pathology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
  • (pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
  • Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
  • (informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allergie derived from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (other, another, else, different, foreign).

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Ancient Greek

ἄλλος

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other, another, else, different, foreign

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