Atopic allergy
atopic allergy
atopic allergy n.
see atopy.
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an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the ige type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as dermat-tis. noun (immunol) a hereditary tendency to be hypersensitive to certain allergens n. 1923, coined by edward d. perry, professor of greek at columbia university, at the request of medical men, from greek atopia “unusualness, strangeness, […]