pollinosis

[ pol-uh-noh-sis ]
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nounPathology.

Origin of pollinosis

1
1920–25; <New Latin, equivalent to pollin- (stem of pollen) pollen + -osis

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How to use pollinosis in a sentence

  • I would fain treat pollinosis in the way Mr. Lee might discuss it, but that is impossible.

    Shandygaff | Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for pollinosis

pollinosis

pollenosis

/ (ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊsɪs) /


noun
  1. pathol a technical name for hay fever

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