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Allergic response
Pronunciation
A hypersensitive immune reaction to a substance that normally is harmless or would not cause an immune response in most people. An allergic response may cause harmful symptoms such as itching or inflammation or tissue injury. (NCI Dictionary)
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Pertaining to, caused by, affected with or of the nature of allergy.
The semiquantitative assessment of the wheal-and-flare index that measures the intensity of the reaction.
