allergy
nounEtymology
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.
- borrowed from Allergie
Definitions
A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not…
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.
An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
- He has an allergy to reality TV.
The neighborhood
- synonymtype 1 hypersensitivitydisorder of the immune system
- neighborhypersensitivitydisorder of the immune system
Derived
aeroallergy, allergen, allergic, allergin, allergist, allergoid, allergologist, allergology, allergylike, allergy salute, alpha-gal allergy, antiallergy, autoallergy, cold allergy, food allergy, lone-star-tick meat allergy, mammalian meat allergy, nonallergy, oral allergy syndrome, photoallergy, polyallergy, pseudoallergy, red meat allergy, tick-induced meat allergy, tick meat allergy, total allergy syndrome, water allergy
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at allergy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at allergy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at allergy
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA