2021-04-18
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – allergic
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง allergic = ‘uh-LUR-jik’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
allergic
= pertaining to an allergy:
allergic to peanuts
Not to be confused with:
allergen – any substance that induces an allergy,
such as pollen, grasses, certain foods, and medications
allergy = an abnormal reaction of the body to an allergen,
manifested by runny nose, skin rash, wheezing, etc.;
hypersensitivity to the reintroduction of an allergen
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
Allergic
This word means “unusually sensitive to a condition or substance”
(an allergic reaction to nylon)
and is also loosely overused to suggest dislikeor disregard
(allergic to the plays of Shakespeare).
Allergic is often misused as in this sentence:
“Tom is allergic to hay fever.”
Tom’s condition results from an allergy (a state of hypersensitivity);
he is allergic not to hay fever but to the pollens of goldenrod or ragweedor whatever flowers he had contacted.
