Meaning Of The Word Allergy

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Allergy? Find Allergy meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Allergy Meaning

Allergy Definition
Allergy Definition

What's The Definition Of Allergy?

allergy
variable noun: If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get a rash when you eat, smell, or touch something that does not normally make people ill.

allergy in American English
a hypersensitivity to a specific substance (such as a food, pollen, dust, etc.) or condition (as heat or cold) which in similar amounts or degrees is harmless to most people: it is manifested in a physiological disorder
noun: an abnormal reaction of the body to a previously encountered allergen introduced by inhalation, ingestion, injection, or skin contact, often manifested by itchy eyes, runny nose, wheezing, skin rash, or diarrhea

allergy in British English
noun: a hypersensitivity to a substance that causes the body to react to any contact with that substance. Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen

allergy in the Pharmaceutical Industry
noun: An allergy is a hypersensitivity to a particular antigen.

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Beyond ‐ on or to the far side of; farther on than; past…
  • Protonotaries ‐ noun: (formerly) a chief clerk in certain law…
  • -itious ‐ of, having the nature of, characterized by; suffix:…
  • Rebrand ‐ verb: to change or update the image of (an organization…
  • Letterset ‐ noun: a method of rotary printing in which ink…
  • Be oneself ‐ to be in one's normal state of mind or physical…
  • Cattle car ‐ noun
  • Balinese cat ‐ noun: a breed of cat with medium-length silky…
  • Omn. bih. ‐ abbreviation: every…
  • Saponification ‐ the conversion of an ester heated with an alkali…