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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

  • (..) - What? No more of this. No more...no more this nose rub that you do. This? - Don't think I've to ??? What am I supposed to do? It's allergy season. This is killing me, I gotta...you just stay in my face with my ground rules, I'm out. Come on! First we get ice cream, then I'm out. (..)
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2