allergy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ălʹər-jē; IPA(key): /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): [ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]
- Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gy
Noun
allergy (plural allergies)
- (pathology, immunology) 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.
- He has an allergy to reality TV.
Synonyms
- (disorder of the immune system): type 1 hypersensitivity
- (hypersensitivity): intolerance
Hypernyms
- (disorder of the immune system): hypersensitivity
Derived terms
- aeroallergy
- allergen
- allergic
- allergologist
- allergology
- allergylike
- allergy salute
- antiallergy
- autoallergy
- cold allergy
- food allergy
- nonallergy
- photoallergy
- pseudoallergy
- total allergy syndrome
- water allergy
Descendants
- → Cebuano: alerdyi
Translations
disorder of the immune system
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hypersensitivity
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altered susceptibility
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antipathy
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See also
allergy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hypersensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- gallery, largely, regally