allergic
Origin of allergic
1Other words from allergic
- un·al·ler·gic, adjective
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How to use allergic in a sentence
In the hours before you leave home, avoid anything that might increase your chance of having an allergic reaction, such as exposure to cold air.
Some people have had severe allergic reactions to Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines.
What do COVID-19 vaccines mean for daily life in the months ahead? | Erin Garcia de Jesus | January 29, 2021 | Science NewsWhile it released few details, the company said there were no serious allergic reactions.
Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is 66% effective, lagging rivals | Rachel Schallom | January 29, 2021 | FortuneJust be sure to skip over this one if you are allergic to latex.
Best memory foam mattress: Sleep better on one of these picks | PopSci Commerce Team | January 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBraird got stung by bees while Sharon was at a meditation retreat and it turned out Braird was allergic and he went into shock.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try. | by Elizabeth Weil | January 25, 2021 | ProPublica
It is impossible to know when allergic reactions occur, and most that do are quite serious.
Historically, Washington is not allergic to cooperation with devils.
There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran | Leslie H. Gelb | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRoss needs to go to the hospital after having an allergic reaction, leaving Joey and Chandler to watch Baby Ben.
But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).
Blame Climate Change for Your Terrible Seasonal Allergies | Kent Sepkowitz | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe teenage schoolgirl died from an allergic reaction to penicillin last June during the botched operation.
I did not label him efficiency-expert, for printers have always been notoriously allergic to that title.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisHe also was allergic to nearly everything and was always sneezing at the wrong time, just when we were supposed to be quiet.
Shenanigans at Sugar Creek | Paul HutchensI never spoke with him very much, because I think we were allergic to each other.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyLindsay had seen too much of allergic reactions since reaching Earth not to know he was looking at another.
The Ambassador | Samuel Kimball MerwinTurning in on his contour couch, Lindsay recalled that he had given whiskey to the allergic athlete.
The Ambassador | Samuel Kimball Merwin
British Dictionary definitions for allergic
/ (əˈlɜːdʒɪk) /
of, relating to, having, or caused by an allergy
(postpositive foll by to) informal having an aversion (to): he's allergic to work
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