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  • 1Allergic conjunctivitis — Allergic eye disease Classification and external resources Allergic conjunctivitis ICD 9 372.14 …

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  • 2Allergic inflammation — is an important pathophysiological feature of several disabilities or medical conditions including allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and several ocular allergic diseases. Allergic reactions may generally be divided into two… …

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  • 3allergic — adj. 1. of or pertaining to allergy. allergic reaction [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibilty especially to a specific factor allergic children Syn: hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitized, supersensitive …

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  • 4allergic rhinitis — n rhinitis caused by exposure to an allergen esp hay fever * * * a general term used to denote any allergic reaction of the nasal mucosa; it may occur perennially (nonseasonal allergic r.) or seasonally (hay fever) …

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  • 5allergic encephalomyelitis — n encephalomyelitis produced by an allergic response following the introduction of an antigenic substance into the body …

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  • 6allergic — ☆ allergic [ə lʉr′jik ] adj. 1. of or caused by allergy 2. having an allergy 3. Informal averse or disinclined ( to) [allergic to work] …

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  • 7Allergic rhinitis, perennial — Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) that occurs throughout the year …

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  • 8Allergic rhinitis, seasonal — Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) which occurs during a specific season …

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  • 9allergic — (adj.) 1911, from ALLERGY (Cf. allergy) + IC (Cf. ic); Cf. Fr. allergique (1906). Figurative use, antipathetic, repulsed is from 1936 …

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  • 10allergic — [adj] having a reaction to food, material, etc. affected, averse to, dyspathetic, hypersensitive, immune sensitive, sensitive, sensitized, susceptible; concepts 403,542 …

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