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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
allergic
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an allergic reaction
▪ If you develop an allergic reaction to your sunscreen, change it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
reaction
▪ Rod McCallum collapsed with a rare allergic reaction.
▪ Nor did any allergic reactions arise in those who ate the meat of animals who had been fed a gene-spliced soybean diet.
▪ I kept her in my bedroom for another three weeks, so that Mum wouldn't have an allergic reaction.
▪ I talk about a rash on my arm that looks like an allergic reaction but is in fact the heartbreak of psoriasis.
▪ Particles from diesel exhausts may also cause allergic reactions in their own right.
▪ Put briefly, there was a kind of allergic reaction between On Location and the brand-new edition of Microsoft Word.
▪ Philippa remembered Buerk's advice on severe allergic reactions and called an ambulance.
▪ As a result, more people became sensitized to latex and developed allergic reactions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I kept her in my bedroom for another three weeks, so that Mum wouldn't have an allergic reaction.
▪ It contains fewer chemical pollutants, which asthmatics are often allergic to, and so helps to prevent asthma attacks.
▪ Janice Bowers, the botanist and author, tells me that I might be allergic to mold.
▪ People who are allergic to eggs will probably be allergic to Egg Beaters since they contain egg white.
▪ You can even be allergic to the sun.
▪ You might not mind fur on blankets and bedspreads, but the next guest could be allergic to animals.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
allergic

allergic \allergic\ adj.

  1. of or pertaining to allergy. allergic reaction

  2. 1 having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibilty especially to a specific factor allergic children

    Syn: hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitized, supersensitive, supersensitized

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
allergic

1911, from allergy + -ic; perhaps modeled on French allergique (1906). Figurative use, "antipathetic, repulsed" is from 1936.

Wiktionary
allergic

a. 1 Of or pertaining to allergy. 2 Having an allergy. 3 Excessively sensitive; susceptible. n. A person with a tendency to having allergies; a person with multiple or severe allergies.

WordNet
allergic
  1. adj. characterized by or caused by allergy; "an allergic reaction"

  2. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised]

Wikipedia
Allergic (album)

Allergic is the third album by Spanish/ German rock band Frogcircus. It was released on the German label Soja Music in 2005.

The album was recorded in two halves during 2003, the drums and bass tracks at TB Sound Studio in Treuenbrietzen (Germany) by Jürgen Block, and the guitars and vocals at Baraka 3R Studio ( Gran Canaria) by Ramón G. Tubío. Additional recordings and mixing took place at Rotor Tonstudio in Berlin with independent engineer Mirsat Neziraj. Singer/guitarist Stone was credited as producer, but appeared under his real name Antonio J. Pérez Alonso.

Usage examples of "allergic".

He asked about her first pet, and she told him she was allergic to cats.

Some of these responses might occur in an allergic reaction, but not from an overdose, and Jeffrey had reason to believe that Patty Owen had not been allergic to Marcaine.

A person would have to know that Simone was allergic to something, in this case, peanuts, and hide it in something they knew she would eat.

There were so many things she had to do to her body that she rebelled at subjecting it to one more medication, to which she would probably be allergic anyway.

Ysaye sat with the others at a long wooden table, and cautiously tried the drink, taking a little on her tongue and waiting for the warning tingle that would indicate she was violently allergic to it.

This robotic surgeon, like all others in the known universe, thought I was allergic to sedatives.

I used my handkerchief to hold back an allergic gush from my itchy eyes and bent to get a closer look.

Her ship would have surrounded itself with an impermeable shell, one that induced a severe allergic reaction in other ships.

It drew inward, shrinking from the touch of the silk to avoid allergic reaction.

Also unfortunately, Moria proved to be one of the nine out of a thousand who had an allergic reaction to sting toxins and Turian cranked up the engine to get the girl to hospital with all dispatch.

There is no risk from allergic reaction to polyvalent antivenin because none is used.

People with asthma or a family history of asthma are sometimes allergic to acetylsalicylic acid or aspirin.

I had a cousin who had bad allergic reactions and always carried medication to keep from dying if he was ever stung by a bee.

Deon Cash liked coconut cream pie and that Jane Warr was allergic to sulfites used as a preservative.

It was a clear extrinsic allergic alveolitis but I thought myself rather clever to have traced it to its cause, and when he followed my advice and gave up so much intense composting, he quickly came round, and hailed me as a wonder-worker.