Definitions
Immune reaction to a substance that triggers symptoms.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“My dad can't live with pets because of an allergy.”
“He has an allergy to reality TV.”
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01“Immune reaction”7 letters
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