αλλεργία
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
Noun
editαλλεργία • (allergía) f (plural αλλεργίες)
- (medicine) allergy (condition)
- (figuratively) antipathy, repulsion
Declension
editDeclension of αλλεργία
Related terms
edit- αλλεργικός (allergikós, “allergic”)