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Allergy vs Allergens - What's the difference?

allergy | allergens |

As nouns the difference between allergy and allergens

is that allergy is (pathology|immunology) a disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma while allergens is .

allergy

English

(wikipedia allergy)

Noun

(allergies)
  • (pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
  • (pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
  • Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
  • (informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
    • He has an allergy to reality TV.

    Synonyms

    * (disorder of the immune system) * (hypersensitivity) intolerance

    Hypernyms

    * (disorder of the immune system) hypersensitivity

    Derived terms

    * allergen * allergic * allergologist * allergology

    See also

    * ("allergy" on Wikipedia) * (Hypersensitivity)

    Anagrams

    * gallery, largely, regally

    allergens

    English

    Noun

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