单词 | barley-itch |
释义 | > as lemmasbarley-itch barley-itch n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > allergy > other allergies food allergy1914 barley-itch1928 photoallergy1939 phacoanaphylaxis1948 1928 Daily Express 28 Nov. 4 It [sc. baker's itch] is similar to the affection from which millers suffer under the name of ‘barley itch’, due to a small parasite which preys on the larvae of small moths which infest the grain. 1961 A. S. MacNalty Brit. Med. Dict. 772 Barley itch, 1. Grain itch..2. A sensitivity to the plant Mucuna pruriens, which grows among the barley, and sheds irritant hairs. < as lemmas |
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