Allergy vs Sensitizing - What's the difference?
allergy | sensitizing |
(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.As a verb sensitizing is
.As an adjective sensitizing is
that sensitizes.allergy
English
(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.