English words for 'very allergic'
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noun
- an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact
- (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.
- A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
noun
- hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
- (medicine, immunology, strictly) Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.
- (medicine, immunology, loosely) 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; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
- (informal, figuratively) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
noun
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
adj
noun
- A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
- Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
- hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
verb
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- make sensitive or aware
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- cause to sense; make sensitive
- To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
verb
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive
noun
- an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact
- (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.
- A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
noun
- hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
- (medicine, immunology, strictly) Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.
- (medicine, immunology, loosely) 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; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
- (informal, figuratively) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
noun
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
noun
- A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
- Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
- hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
verb
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- make sensitive or aware
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- cause to sense; make sensitive
- To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
verb
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive