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Uncommonallergy
The correct spelling is allergy.
How to pronounce allergy
noun
IPA: [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
Say it like: All-erj-ee
The correct spelling is allergy. 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 ato…
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Definition
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
- 3.Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
- 4.An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
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