allergy
noun /ˈælədʒi/
/ˈælərdʒi/
(plural allergies)
- a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill when you eat or touch a particular substance
- He suffers from a severe nut allergy.
- Food allergies affect six to eight per cent of children.
- allergy to something I have an allergy to animal hair.
- Hay fever is caused by an allergy to pollen.
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2- Hair and feathers can cause allergies.
- He developed an allergy to wheat.
- In severe cases your doctor may recommend allergy shots.
- You may wish to consult a food allergy specialist for help in planning your diet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- food
- milk
- nut
- …
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
- sufferer
- specialist
- symptom
- …
- allergy to
- allergy in
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Allergie, from Greek allos ‘other’, on the pattern of Energie ‘energy’.