Allergy vs Atopic - What's the difference?
allergy | atopic |
(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.
Of a hereditary predisposition towards developing hay fever and other allergic reactions.
Atopic is a synonym of allergy.
As a noun allergy
is 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.As an adjective atopic is
of a hereditary predisposition towards developing hay fever and other allergic reactions.allergy
English
(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.