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allergy

Definition

  • noun: a medical condition that causes someone to become sick after eating, touching, or breathing something that is harmless to most people
  • noun: altered bodily reactivity (as hypersensitivity) to an antigen in response to a first exposure
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: intolerance

Examples

  • My brother has an 'allergy to' hard work. [=my brother does not like hard work; my brother is lazy]

  • I have an 'allergy to' strawberries. I get a rash if I eat just one.

  • Many people have some form of 'allergy'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It's Enrique's brother. Goal! Yeah! - What the hell are you doing? - Oh, nothing. I've been getting rashes on my face from some sort of allergies or something - and this keeps it away. - You have a rash on your face? Well, it's just a little irritation. That's weird, man. You know what? I'm going (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream