αλλεργία

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Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, other) + ἔργον (érgon, work, activity), on the model of Energie.

Noun

αλλεργία (allergíaf (plural αλλεργίες)

  1. (medicine) allergy (condition)
  2. (figuratively) antipathy, repulsion

Declension

Declension of αλλεργία
singular plural
nominative αλλεργία (allergía) αλλεργίες (allergíes)
genitive αλλεργίας (allergías) αλλεργιών (allergión)
accusative αλλεργία (allergía) αλλεργίες (allergíes)
vocative αλλεργία (allergía) αλλεργίες (allergíes)