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Allergy   /ˈælərdʒi/   Listen
noun
allergy  n.  
1.
Hypersensitivity to a particular substance. "an allergy to bee venom so severe that a second sting may be fatal"





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"Allergy" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Cochrane, "and put scraps of the different foodstuffs under the bandages. The one that was poisonous showed. It affected the skin. Like an allergy-test. I'll try that trick in the morning when there's light to pick samples by. There are berries and stuff. There must be fruits. A few hours should ...
— Operation: Outer Space • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... "Then came the tests, allergy tests. Remember those? They'd cut a little row of scratches in your arm ..." Each man instinctively glanced at his forearm, saw neat rows of tiny pink scars, row on row. "Then they'd put a little powder ...
— Homesick • Lyn Venable


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