allergenic
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- adjective
- /əˈlɛrdʒənɪk/
- Specialized
- Cow's milk protein is known to be highly allergenic for many children.
- allergenic pollen
- allergenic foods
Examples
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His answer: "I suspect from all the information we have that it might be more beneficial to introduce allergenic foods early," he said.
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Also, a number of grasses pollinate from late spring through the summer; among the most allergenic are Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda) and Phleum pratense (Timothy).
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On the other hand, genetic engineering can actually make a food less allergenic.
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Cow's milk protein is the most allergenic food.
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And I'm not telling families who come to see me to introduce allergenic foods earlier.
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So, I asked him if that meant she should refrain from trying allergenic foods.
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Then, with one last gasp, I asked, "Surely, there are some children who should wait to try allergenic foods?"
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When traveling abroad, the allergenic content of the atmosphere varies according to climate, vegetation, and geography.
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Genetic engineering will allow crops of the future to be better tasting, more nutritious, more tolerant of environmental stresses, and less allergenic.
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In the late spring and early summer, pollens are released by other allergenic trees, such as Juglans regia (walnut) and Carya illinoensis (pecan).
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How Allergenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Allergenic comes from allergy, whose Greek parts are allos 'other' and ergon 'work', and the ending -genic means 'producing'. So something allergenic is one that 'produces' an allergy — it causes the body to have a different reaction.