allergistn.
/ˈalədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈælərdʒəst/ 1. A person suffering from an allergy. rare. Now disused.
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1915 R. T. Morris Microbes & Men 120 Conversation of the colon bacillus victim is negative in character generally. If one wishes to know if he is an allergist responding to the colon bacillus, a little notebook carried in his pocket for a day may tell.
2. An expert or specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of allergy; a clinical immunologist.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > in other fields
searcher1597
snake-doctor1800
resuscitator1810
hydrophobist1855
narcologist1878
phthisiotherapeutist1899
phthisiotherapist1907
pulmonologist1912
chemotherapist1925
oncologist1925
allergist1928
cancerologist1935
physiatrist1946
orthotist1951
neuropharmacologist1957
1928 Science 6 July 6/1 The allergist who delves deeply into his field must necessarily become a student of the activity of living matter.
1954 E. W. Eckey Veg. Fats & Oils xviii. 658 Some allergists mistakenly advised allergic persons that strict avoidance of foods containing refined cottonseed oil was necessary for them.
1997 C. Shields Larry's Party (1998) xv. 310 One thing I absolutely cannot eat is clams. My allergist says it could be deadly.
2006 Mother & Baby Aug. 138/1 Immunologist and allergist Dr Amolak S. Bansal highlights that two thirds of a baby's immune system is in the tummy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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