A tendency to suffer from a group of conditions including eczema, asthma and hayfever.
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A clinical hypersensitivity state, or allergy, with a hereditary predisposition; a susceptibility to itch when relatively harmless substances come in contact with the skin. Individuals who are atopic often suffer from hay fever, asthma, or eczema.
A medical term indicating an inherited tendency to develop allergic disorders such as asthma, rhinitis, eczema, and food allergies due to an over-sensitive immune system producing too many IgE antibodies.
A tendency to allergies which often runs in families
Having a hereditary tendency to develop immediate hypersensitivity states (such as allergic asthma or hayfever), especially to allergens that provoke no reaction in nonatopic individuals.
It refers to diseases that are hereditary; tend to run within the families. A hereditary disorder with the tendency to develop immediate allergic reactions to substances such as pollen, food, dander, and insect venoms and manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic substances.
pre-disposition to allergic response, usually inherited
Allergic (e.g. hayfever, dust)
A hereditary tendency to develop allergies (allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, eczema).
a hereditary tendency to experience immediate allergic reactions because of the presence of an antibody in the skin.
An atopic is an individual with a pre-disposition, usually genetic, to developing IgE mediated responses to common allergens.
Prone to allergies or characterized by allergy.
Having an inherited predisposition to allergies. The term is often used interchangeably with "allergic," although not all allergies have a genetic component (see Allergies).
Referring to an allergic reactivity for which there is a genetic predisposition
Genetically predisposed toward developing immediate hypersensitivity reactions to common environmental allergens.