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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesアレルギー
Pronunciation / Transliteration: arerugī
"彼は花粉アレルギーを持っています。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially a particular food, pollen, fur, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.
"She suffers from a severe allergy to peanuts and carries an epinephrine auto-injector." - 2
A strong dislike or aversion to someone or something.
"He developed a sudden allergy to early morning meetings after starting the new project."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet from the Greek words 'allos' meaning 'other' and 'ergon' meaning 'work' or 'reactivity'. It was originally created to describe a changed or altered physiological reactivity in the body's immune system.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Allergy" is said worldwide
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allergie
Transliteration: a.lɛʁ.ʒi
"Il a une allergie grave aux arachides."
Allergie
Transliteration: a.lɛʁˈɡiː
"Sie hat eine starke Allergie gegen Pollen."
allergia
Transliteration: al.lerˈdʒi.a
"soffre di una grave allergia alla polvere."
alergia
Transliteration: a.lerˈxi.a
"Mi hermano tiene alergia a los gatos."
alergia
Transliteration: a.leʁˈʒi.ɐ
"Ela descobriu uma alergia a frutos do mar."
एलर्जी
Transliteration: elarji
"मुझे धूल से एलर्जी है।"
过敏
Transliteration: guò mǐn
"他对花粉过敏。"
알레르기
Transliteration: allereugi
"나는 복숭아 알레르기가 있어요."
アレルギー
Transliteration: arerugī
"彼は花粉アレルギーを持っています。"
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