hay fever

See also: hayfever and hay-fever

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Noun

hay fever (usually uncountable, plural hay fevers)

  1. (pathology, immunology) An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.

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Derived terms

  • non-seasonal hay fever, nonseasonal hay fever
  • perennial hay fever

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