aeroallergy

English

Etymology

aero- +‎ allergy

Noun

aeroallergy (plural aeroallergies)

1. An allergy to an airborne allergen
   • 2008 December 7, Aurelien Trompette et al., “Allergenicity resulting from functional mimicry of a Toll-like receptor complex protein”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7229, →DOI, pages 585–588:

     Der p 2-mediated facilitation of TLR4 signalling under conditions of very low ambient LPS exposure, those associated with increasing rates of atopy and aeroallergy, may thus shift the LPS-response curve into the T H 2-inducing range.

Related terms

• aeroallergen