Allergy vs Sensitize - What's the difference?
allergy | sensitize |
(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.
To make increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
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.As a verb sensitize is
to make increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.allergy
English
(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.
Synonyms
* (disorder of the immune system) * (hypersensitivity) intoleranceHypernyms
* (disorder of the immune system) hypersensitivityDerived terms
* allergen * allergic * allergologist * allergologySee also
* ("allergy" on Wikipedia) * (Hypersensitivity)Anagrams
* gallery, largely, regallysensitize
English
Verb
- Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.
