deallergize

See also: de-allergize

English

Alternative forms

• de-allergize

Etymology

de- +‎ allergize

Verb

deallergize (third-person singular simple present deallergizes, present participle deallergizing, simple past and past participle deallergized)

1. (rare) To reduce a person or animal's allergic reaction to some substance; to desensitize.
   • 1948, Annals of internal medicine, volume 28, page 186:

     He demonstrated by perfusion experiments that the organs of an animal thus exposed to long lasting shock may become deallergized for the duration of its life with the inhibition of the antigen-antibody reaction.

   • 1953, The journal of immunology, volume 71, page 399:

     The animals could, therefore, be considered deallergized.

   • 2015, Erich Urbach, Skin Diseases Nutrition and Metabolism, page 424:

     When there is a known allergenic food factor every effort should be made either to eliminate exposure to it, or, preferably, to deallergize the patient by means of a Propeptan diet.

Anagrams

• relegalized