ATOPY


Meaning of ATOPY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-tə-pē ]

noun

Etymology: Greek atopia uncommonness, from atopos out of the way, uncommon, from a- + topos place

Date: 1923

: a probably hereditary allergy characterized by symptoms (as asthma, hay fever, or hives) produced upon exposure especially by inhalation to the exciting environmental antigen

• atop·ic (ˌ)ā-ˈtä-pik, -ˈtō- adjective

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