atopic allergy

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   an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact

   Synonymsimmediate allergyatopytype I allergic reaction

   Broaderallergy

Questions about atopic allergy

What does atopic allergy mean?

atopic allergy means "an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact".

What is another word for atopic allergy?

Close synonyms include immediate allergy, atopy, type I allergic reaction. 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 atopic allergy a common word?

atopic allergy 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.