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food allergy
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food allergy [′füd ‚al·ər·jē]
(immunology)
A hypersensitivity to certain foods.


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Always serious, often these food allergies can become life-threatening.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that food allergies now affect about 4 percent of American children, almost 20 percent more than a decade ago.
Food allergies happen when a person''s immune system believes that something he or she ate is harmful to the body.
 
 
 
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