Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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.

    Allergie

    аллерги́яallergíja

    алергі́яalerhíja

  2. 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.

    (broadly)Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.

    Allergie

    аллерги́яallergíja, аллерги́яallergíja

  3. (figuratively, informal)An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

    He has an allergy to reality TV.

    Allergie

    аллерги́яallergíja

More definitions
  • hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity

Examples

91 sentences
  1. Tom has no allergies.

    У Тома немає ні на що алергії. — deniko

    ruУ Тома нет ни на что аллергии. — Karok

    deTom hat keine Allergien. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I have no allergies.

    У мене немає ні на що алергії. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет ни на что аллергии. — marafon

    deIch habe keine Allergien. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Do you have any allergies?

    У тебе є на щось алергія? — deniko

    ruУ вас есть аллергия на что-нибудь? — papersaltserver

    deHaben Sie irgendwelche Allergien? — Espi

  4. Tom has allergies.

    У Тома алергія. — deniko

    ruУ Тома аллергия. — Biga

    deTom hat Allergien. — Hans_Adler

  5. I have an allergy to milk.

    deIch bin allergisch gegen Milch. — Sudajaengi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
disorder of the immune system:
Русский
By meaning 1
disorder of the immune system:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disorder of the immune system:

Origin

Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906

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.

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Forms

plural: allergies
Singularallergy
Pluralallergies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
hypersensitivity:intolerance
disorder of the immune system:type 1 hypersensitivity
Close in meaning
  • hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity:allergic reaction

Word family

20 related words

See also

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