alerdyi

From English allergy, 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.

• Hyphenation: a‧ler‧dyi

alerdyi

1. (pathology, immunology) 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
2. (pathology) any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance
3. altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one
4. an antipathy, as toward a person or activity

Borrowed from English allergy, from German Allergie. Doublet of alerhiya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaleɾdji/ [ˌʔaː.lɛɾˈd͡ʒɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔaleɾdji/ [ˌʔaː.lɛɾˈd̪jɪ]
• Rhymes: -aleɾdji
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧dyi

álerdyí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. allergy

   Synonyms: taluhiyang, alerhiya

• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 32