Atopy vs Atomy - What's the difference?
atopy | atomy |
(medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
* 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 67:
A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
A floating mote or speck of dust.
* 1595 Gervase Markham, The most Honourable Tragedy of Sir Richard Grenville
*:Thicker then in sunne are Atomies ,
*:Flew bullets.
* 1599 Wm. Shakespeare, As You Like It , 3.v
*:That eyes, that are the frail'st and softest things
*:Who shut their coward gates on atomies
*:Should be call'd tyrants, butchers, murderers!
(archaic) a skeleton
* 1786 , Dr. Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom , Harrison and Co., page 5,
As nouns the difference between atopy and atomy
is that atopy is (medicine) a hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors while atomy is a floating mote or speck of dust or atomy can be (archaic) a skeleton.atopy
English
(wikipedia atopy)Noun
(atopies)- Whatever factor is invoked to explain the increase in asthma must also be capable of explaining other outbreaks of atopy .
Synonyms
* atopic allergySee also
* allergyAnagrams
*atomy
English
Etymology 1
See (atom).Noun
(atomies)Etymology 2
A metanalysis (false splitting) of anatomy as an atomy .Noun
(atomies)- I was now thrown into a violent perturbation of spirit; for I never could behold an atomy without fear and trembling, even when I knew it was no more than a competition of dry bone.
