allergic reaction

What does allergic reaction mean?

allergic reaction means "hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity".

What is another word for allergic reaction?

Close synonyms include allergy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allergic reaction a common word?

allergic reaction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for allergic reaction come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.