Medical Definition of Pollenosis
1. Hay fever excited by the pollen of various plants. Synonym: pollenosis. Origin: L. Pollen, pollen, + G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollenosis
Literary usage of Pollenosis
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.) (1916)
"The bacteria) infection, though secondary to pollenosis, is apparently responsible
for the difference between pollenosis, producing a mere transient ..."
2. Dusty Air and Ill Health: A Study of Prevalent Ill Health and Causes by Robert Hessler (1912)
"The term pollenosis is now coming into general use; the name indicates a state
or condition produced by inhaling pollen, that is in those susceptible. ..."
3. Applied immunology by Benjamin A. Thomas, Robert Henry Ivy (1916)
"... used to produce passive immunity in pollenosis. DISEASES OF LUNGS Bronchitis.—The
following bacteria may be identified : M. catarrhalis, ..."
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