Hypersensivity vs Allergy - What's the difference?
hypersensivity | allergy |
(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.
As a noun 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.hypersensivity
Not English
Hypersensivity has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'hypersensivity':
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(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.