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1. (n.) allergy
an overreaction of the immune system to a previously encountered, ordinarily harmless substance, resulting in skin rash, swelling of mucous membranes, sneezing or wheezing, or other abnormal conditions.
2. allergy
Informal. a strong dislike or aversion:
an allergy to hard work.
Etymology: (1910–15; < Gk áll(os) other +-ergy < Gk -ergia=érg(on) activity, work+-ia -y3)
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1. (noun) allergy, allergic reaction
hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
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1. (noun) allergy
a physical sensitivity to sth
an allergy to cats
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Sense: an unusual sensitiveness of the body which causes certain people to be affected in a bad way by something usually harmless
The rash on her face is caused by an allergy to grass.
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 Afrikaans: allergie |
 Arabic: حَسَاسِيَّة الجِسْم |
 Bulgarian: алергия |
 Brazilian: alergia |
 Czech: alergie |
 German: die Allergie |
 Danish: allergi |
 Greek: αλλεργία |
 Spanish: alergia |
 Estonian: allergia |
 Farsi: آلرژی؛ حساسیت |
 Finnish: allergia |
 French: allergie |
 Hebrew: אָלֶרגיָה |
 Hindi: एलर्जी, प्रत्यूर्जता |
 Croatian: alergija |
 Hungarian: allergia |
 Indonesian: alergi, kepekaan |
 Icelandic: ofnæmi |
 Italian: allergia |
 Japanese: アレルギー |
 Korean: 알레르기 |
 Lithuanian: alergija |
 Latvian: alerģija |
 Malay: allergi |
 Dutch: allergie |
 Norwegian: allergi |
 Polish: uczulenie |
 Persian: آلرژی؛ حساسیت |
 Pashto: حساسیت |
 Portuguese: alergia. |
 Romanian: alergie |
 Russian: аллергия |
 Slovak: alergia |
 Slovenian: alergija |
 Serbian: alergija |
 Swedish: allergi |
 Thai: อาการแพ้; โรคภูมิแพ้ |
 Turkish: alerji |
 Taiwanese: 過敏症 |
 Ukrainian: алергія; підвищена чутлив |
 Vietnamese: dị ứng |
 Chinese: 过敏症 |
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