αλλεργία

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 • (allergía) f (plural αλλεργίες)

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

Declension
declension of αλλεργία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative αλλεργία • αλλεργίες •
genitive αλλεργίας • αλλεργιών •
accusative αλλεργία • αλλεργίες •
vocative αλλεργία • αλλεργίες •
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