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allergy

noun as in reaction to certain food, material, etc.

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And, in case you were wondering, the technology can be applied to just about any food allergy.

Some 41 percent of allergy-free and wheeze-free children had grown up in such allergen and bacteria-rich homes.

Or perhaps all this allergy business is just that: a business.

(Though in keeping with the American obsession for these things May is designated as Allergy & Asthma Awareness Month).

Never did the Italian girl from Brooklyn expect a food allergy would bring a stigma the way being gluten-free has.

The newscast stopped and a commercial called the attention of listeners to the virtues of an anti-allergy pill.

Ruth did, of course indicate, told me of his extreme allergy to the FBI.

So they work best with life—viruses, germs, vegetable-allergy substances.

He caught Lindsay's regard, rubbed his chin in mild embarrassment, said, "I've a mild allergy to paranoids."

Sickly he recalled that O'Ryan had told him it took twenty-four hours for his grain allergy to take effect.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to allergy, such as: hay fever, aversion, hypersensitivity, sensitivity, susceptibility, and vulnerability.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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