Definition of Hay fever

1. Noun. A seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen.

Exact synonyms: Pollinosis
Generic synonyms: Allergic Rhinitis

Definition of Hay fever

1. Noun. An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hay fever

1. An inflammatory response in the nasal passages to an allergic stimulus. Often includes: nasal congestion, sneezing, runny or itchy nose. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hay Fever

haxored
haxoring
haxors
haxx0r
haxx0rs
haxxor
haxxors
hay
hay-asthma
hay-fever
hay-scented
hay-scented fern
hay bacillus
hay bale
hay conditioner
hay fever
hay is for horses
hay ride
hay wain
hay wains
haybale
haybales
hayband
haybands
haybird
haybirds
haybote
haybox
hayboxes
haycation

Literary usage of Hay fever

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Therefore, the pollen treatment explained the cause of hay fever but not the cause of asthma, ... This case also brings up the association of hay fever with ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"Hay-fever, or Pollinosis. Causative Agent. Two Divisions, Early and Late Types. Demonstration of Case; Early Hay-fever; Test for Pollen Reactions; ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"HAY-FEVER must be described as an idiosyncratic condition rather than as a disease in itself. Hence it is perhaps no more correct to speak of its prognosis ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Collier's 57:34 Ag 26 hay fever. Outlook 113:887 Ag 16 '16 •16 hay fever; Its cause, ... Sei Am S 82:106-7 AK 12 '16 Hope for hay fever victims. ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: designed for the use of by William Osler (1892)
"In the etiology of hay fever, ... The United States hay fever Association now numbers thousands of members. ..."

6. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"The next paper is by Dr. GHA Clowes on "The relation of hay fever to anaphylaxis." THE RELATION OF hay fever TO ANAPHYLAXIS, TOGETHER WITH A THEORY ..."

7. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"HAY-FEVER This troublesome condition is most frequent in the late summer and early fall months, but it may occur at other ..."

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