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herkistymä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allergy noun A condition in which the immune system overreacts to a normally harmless substance, causing symptoms such as sneezing, rashes, or swelling.

Senses

herkistymä is used for these senses in English:

  • allergy (medicine, immunology, broadly) 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.

allergy — full definition

  1. noun A condition in which the immune system overreacts to a normally harmless substance, causing symptoms such as sneezing, rashes, or swelling.
  2. noun A strong dislike or aversion, used figuratively.

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