A Damaging Response Caused by Pollen or Dust Etc.

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Question

A Damaging Response Caused by Pollen or Dust Etc.

Answer

ALLERGY

Word Meaning:

ALLERGY — (medicine, immunology, loosely) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

A damaging response caused by pollen or dust etc. Prehistory Answers