allergy
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Definition of allergy
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(broadly)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; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
“My dad can't live with pets because of an allergy.”
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noun
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(broadly)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; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
“My dad can't live with pets because of an allergy.”
- (broadly)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; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
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(figuratively, informal)An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
“He has an allergy to reality TV.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) German Allergiebor. English allergy 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.
Words you can make from allergy
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31 words- GAY 7 pts
- GEY 7 pts
- YAG 7 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
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