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allergy

[ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
al-ler-gy
IPA
[ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

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.

noun

An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Allergie, ἄλλος

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: [ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]
  • British English: [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]

Usage

Inflected Forms

allergies (plural)

Derived Forms

aeroallergy allergen allergic allergin allergist allergoid allergologist allergology allergylike antiallergy autoallergy nonallergy

Phrases

allergy salute alpha-gal allergy cold allergy food allergy lone-star-tick meat allergy mammalian meat allergy oral allergy syndrome red meat allergy

Synonyms

type 1 hypersensitivity intolerance allergic reaction

Questions

How do you pronounce allergy?
The recorded pronunciation is [ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi].
What does allergy mean?
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.
Where does allergy come from?
It is traced to German.

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