αλλεργία
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
αλλεργία • (allergía) f (plural αλλεργίες)
- (medicine) allergy (condition)
- (figuratively) antipathy, repulsion
Declension[edit]
declension of αλλεργία
Related terms[edit]
- αλλεργικός (allergikós, “allergic”)