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total allergy syndrome

total allergy syndrome noun: a supposed illness with various symptoms caused by sensitivity to various substances in the modern environment.

Noun

total allergy syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A supposed illness with various symptoms caused by sensitivity to various substances in the modern environment.
    • DO YOU REMEMBER the "total allergy syndrome"? Barely more than a couple of years ago, worthy citizens of this sceptre'd isle were flaking out all over the place because the poor unfortunates believed themselves allergic to the world — not just, say to crabs or house mites or pencillin, or any other...1984, New Scientist, volume 104, number 1425, page 34

Questions about total allergy syndrome

What does total allergy syndrome mean?
Total allergy syndrome means a supposed illness with various symptoms caused by sensitivity to various substances in the modern environment.
What part of speech is total allergy syndrome?
Total allergy syndrome is a noun.

Words near total allergy syndrome in the dictionary

  1. tot up
  2. tota
  3. tota scriptura
  4. totable
  5. total
  6. total allergy syndrome
  7. total base number
  8. total base numbers
  9. total bases
  10. total body day
  11. total body days

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