allergy
Syllables: al·ler·gy/ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/[ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
allergy 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
allergy (plural allergies)
- 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.
- Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.
- An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
- He has an allergy to reality TV.
allergy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
allergy in Hindi
- disorder of the immune system
- एलर्जी elarjī
allergy in Tamil
- disorder of the immune system
- ஒவ்வாமை ovvāmai, அலர்ஜி alarji
allergy in Urdu
- disorder of the immune system
- الرجی elarjī
allergy in Bengali
- disorder of the immune system
- এলার্জি elarji
More languagesFewer languages
- allergy in Malayalam
- അലർജി alaṟji
- allergy in Kannada
- ಒಗ್ಗದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಒಗ್ಗದಿಕೆ, ಅಸಹನೀಯತೆ, ಅಸಹಿಷ್ಣುತೆ
- allergy in Gujarati
- વિષમોર્જા viṣmorjā, પ્રત્યૂર્જા pratyūrjā
- allergy in Assamese
- এলাৰ্জি elarzi
- allergy in Tagalog
- taluramdam, taluhiyang, alerhiya, alerdyi
- allergy in Arabic
- أَرَجِيَّة ʔarajiyya, حَسَّاسِيَّة ḥassāsiyya
- allergy in Malay
- alahan, alergi
- allergy in Indonesian
- alergi
- allergy in Persian
- آلرژی âlerži, حساسیت hassâsiyat
- allergy in Thai
- ภูมิแพ้ puum-pɛ́ɛ
- allergy in Vietnamese
- dị ứng
- allergy in Myanmar
- မတဲ့ဘူး ma.tai.bhu:, အာလေးရဃီး ale:ra.ghi:
Examples of allergy in a sentence
- I used to have allergies but I outgrew all of them.
- The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.
- Because of my pet hair allergy I had to move to a catless apartment building.
Synonyms of allergy
Forms of allergy
| plural | allergies |
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Origin of 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.
Words formed from allergy
- aeroallergy
- allergen
- allergic
- allergin
- allergist
- allergoid
- allergologist
- allergology
- allergylike
- allergy salute
- alpha-gal allergy
- antiallergy
- autoallergy
- cold allergy
- food allergy
- lone-star-tick meat allergy
- mammalian meat allergy
- nonallergy
- oral allergy syndrome
- photoallergy
- polyallergy
- pseudoallergy
- red meat allergy
- tick-induced meat allergy
- tick meat allergy
- total allergy syndrome
- water allergy
Phrases with allergy
Questions about allergy
- What does allergy mean?
- Allergy means 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.
- What is allergy in Hindi?
- Allergy in Hindi is एलर्जी (elarjī). See Allergy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is allergy?
- Allergy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce allergy?
- Allergy is pronounced /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/.
- What is the plural of allergy?
- The plural of allergy is allergies.
Words near allergy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: allergy (page history and authors); അലർജി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); allergy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પ્રત્યૂર્જા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); এলাৰ্জি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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