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allergy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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al·ler·gy /ˈælədʒi $ -ər-/ ●○○ noun (plural allergies) [countable, uncountable]  MIa medical condition in which you become ill or in which your skin becomes red and painful because you have eaten or touched a particular substance 过敏性反应,过敏症allergy to I have an allergy to cats. 我对猫过敏。 a food allergy 食物过敏
Examples from the Corpus
allergyHay fever is really an allergy to pollen and the peak time is early June.Up-to-date information on your child's routine: meals, bath, bedtime, any allergies.Are there ideal cats for allergy sufferers?She gets shots for her allergies.His allergies flared up for the first time in years.It is also planning to expand services at the Wimpole Street medical centre to include allergy and sexually-transmitted disease clinics.Too many people have undiagnosed nickel allergies, and gold is plated using cyanide so no gold, either.People with allergies and other respiratory and heart ailments may be more seriously affected.food allergyThey studied 27 patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome who believed themselves to have food allergy or intolerance.But doctors specializing in the treatment of food allergy and intolerance would disagree.At this time, the consensus is that food allergy is not a proven etiologic agent in migraine.
Origin allergy (1900-2000) German allergie, from all- all + Greek ergon work
al·ler·gy nounChineseSyllable
a which ill in condition which you or in Corpus become medical


allergy
allergy /ˈælədʒi $ -ər-/ noun (plural allergies) [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: German
 Origin: allergie, from all- 'all' + Greek ergon 'work'
a medical condition in which you become ill or in which your skin becomes red and painful because you have eaten or touched a particular substance
    allergy to
    I have an allergy to cats.
    a food allergy


al·lergyBrE /ˈælədʒi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈælərdʒi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
al·lergies
)
~ (to sth) a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill/sick when you eat or touch a particular substance 变态反应;过敏反应I have an allergy to animal hair. 我对动物毛过敏。🔊🔊