allergy

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Etymology

From German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (allos, “other”) + ἔργον (ergon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ălʹ-ər-ji, IPA: /ˈælərdʒi/, SAMPA: /"{l@rdZi/
  • (UK) IPA: [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
  • (US) IPA: [ˈæl.ɚ.dʒi]
• Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gy

Noun

allergy (plural allergies)

1. (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.
2. (pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
3. Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
4. (informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

   He is allergic to reality TV.

Synonyms

• (disorder of the immune system): type 1 hypersensitivity
• (hypersensitivity): intolerance

Hypernyms

• (disorder of the immune system): hypersensitivity

Derived terms

terms derived from allergy (noun)

allergen allergic

allergologist allergology

Translations

disorder of the immune system

Catalan: al·lèrgia (ca) f. Czech: alergie (cs) f. Dutch: allergie (nl) f. Finnish: allergia (fi) French: allergie (fr) f. Greek: αλλεργία (el) (alerghía) f.

Hungarian: allergia (hu) Malay: alahan (ms) Manx: allerjee (gv) Polish: uczulenie n., alergia (pl) f. Russian: аллергия (ru) (allergíja) Spanish: alergia (es) f.

hypersensitivity

Arabic: حساسية (ar) (Hassaasíyya) f. Armenian: ալերգիա (hy) (alergia) Chinese: Mandarin: 過敏 (zh) (guòmǐn) Dutch: allergie (nl) f. Finnish: allergia (fi)

French: allergie (fr) f. German: Allergie (de) f. Japanese: アレルギー (ja) (arerugī) Russian: аллергия (ru) (allergíja) Spanish: alergia (es) f.

altered susceptibility

Armenian: ալերգիա (hy) (alergia) Croatian: alèrgija (hr) f. Finnish: allergia (fi) Japanese: アレルギー (ja) (arerugī)

Macedonian: алергија (mk) (alérgija) f. Russian: аллергия (ru) (allergíja) Swedish: allergi (sv) c.

antipathy

Armenian: ալերգիա (hy) (alergia) Catalan: al·lèrgia (ca) f. Croatian: alèrgija (hr) f. Czech: alergie (cs) f. Dutch: allergie (nl) f. Finnish: allergia (fi)

French: allergie (fr) f. Hungarian: allergia (hu) Macedonian: алергија (mk) (alérgija) f. Russian: аллергия (ru) (allergíja) Swedish: allergi (sv) c.

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Armenian: ալերգիա (hy) (alergia) Mandarin: 過敏 (zh) (guòmǐn) Serbo-Croatian: alèrgija (hr) f. Esperanto: alergio (eo) Ido: alergio

German: Allergie (de) f. Japanese: アレルギー (ja) (arerugī) Macedonian: алергија (mk) (alérgija) f. Swedish: allergi (sv) c., överkänslighet (sv) c.

See also

• Allergy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hypersensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hypersensitivity

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