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allergen

[al-er-juhn, -jen] / ˈæl ər dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn /


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If you’re never exposed to an allergen, you can’t develop an allergy, and this would result in fewer allergies in the community, the theory went.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

"When you eliminate cockroaches, you eliminate their allergens. Small decreases in cockroaches don't lower allergen levels because the remaining live cockroaches deposit more allergens," Schal said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

An estimated 40,000 children avoided peanut allergy diagnoses after the guidelines for when to first expose kids to the food allergen changed, according to new research.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Hans Kissle recalled the Tricolor Twist Pasta Salad due to an undeclared wheat allergen.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

Every touchable surface was a disease waiting to happen, every speck of dust an allergen poised to swell your nose and clog your ducts, every toothbrush bristle a bacterial playground.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart