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English

Noun

  1. A condition of hypersensitivity to a substance (an allergen) considered harmless to most people. Exposure (consumption, inhalation, physical contact, etc) to such substances causes the body to undergo a reaction, often resulting in symptoms such as difficulty breathing and/or swellings/rashes of the skin.
  2. Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
  3. An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
  4. : He is allergic to reality TV.


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Translations

  • Czech: {{t+|cs|alergie|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Allergie|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|αλλεργία|f|sc=Grek}} (alerghía)
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|アレルギー|tr=arerugī|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish: allergi , överkänslighet
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|アレルギー|tr=arerugī|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|allergi|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|allergi|c}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English allergy \allergy\ n.
1. hypersensitivity to a particular substance. "an allergy to
bee venom so severe that a second sting may be fatal"
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet allergy
n : hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms
can vary greatly in intensity [syn: allergic reaction]
Moby Dictionary
abhorrence , abnormality , abomination , acute disease , affection ,
affliction , ailment , allergen , allergic disease , allergic disorder ,
anaphylaxis , antagonism , antipathy , asthma , atrophy , aversion ,
bacterial disease , birth defect , blight , cardiovascular disease ,
chronic disease , circulatory disease , cold sweat , complaint ,
complication , condition , congenital defect , conjunctivitis ,
considerateness , cosmetic dermatitis , creeping flesh , defect ,
deficiency disease , deformity , degenerative disease , delicacy ,
disability , disease , disgust , disorder , distemper , eczema , empathy ,
endemic , endemic disease , endocrine disease , enmity ,
epidemic disease , exquisiteness , fineness , functional disease ,
fungus disease , gastrointestinal disease , genetic disease ,
handicap , hate , hatred , hay fever , hereditary disease , hives ,
horror , hostility , hyperesthesia , hyperpathia , hypersensitivity ,
iatrogenic disease , identification , illness , indisposition ,
infectious disease , infirmity , irritability , loathing , malady ,
malaise , morbidity , morbus , mortal horror , muscular disease ,
nausea , nervousness , neurological disease , nutritional disease ,
occupational disease , organic disease , oversensibility ,
oversensitiveness , overtenderness , pandemic disease , passibility ,
pathological condition , pathology , perceptiveness , perceptivity ,
photophobia , plant disease , pollinosis , prickliness ,
protozoan disease , psychosomatic disease , rejection , repugnance ,
repulsion , respiratory disease , responsiveness , revulsion ,
rockiness , rose cold , secondary disease , seediness , sensitiveness ,
sensitivity , sensitization , shuddering , sickishness , sickness ,
signs , soreness , supersensitivity , sympathy , symptomatology ,
symptomology , symptoms , syndrome , tact , tactfulness , tenderness ,
tetchiness , the pip , thin skin , ticklishness , touchiness ,
urogenital disease , urticaria , virus disease , wasting disease ,
worm disease


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