Definition

Noun: * Hay fever: A specific type of allergic rhinitis that occurs seasonally, caused by an allergic reaction to airborne pollen from trees, grasses, or weeds. It is characterized by inflammation of the nasal passages.

Usage

• "Pollinosis" is a medical term. In everyday conversation, people more commonly use the term "hay fever."
• It is used to describe the condition formally, often in medical contexts.
• Example:

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The term can be modified to specify the causative agent, though this is highly technical.
  • Example: The researcher specialized in graminaceous pollinosis (hay fever caused by grasses).

Variants and Related Words

• Hay Fever (n): The common, non-technical synonym for pollinosis.
• Allergic Rhinitis (n): The broader category of nasal allergies, which includes both seasonal (pollinosis) and perennial (year-round) types.
• Pollinotic (adj): Relating to or suffering from pollinosis.
  • Example: The pollinotic patients were enrolled in the clinical trial.

Synonyms

• Hay fever
• Seasonal allergic rhinitis
• Seasonal allergies

Antonyms

• Non-allergic rhinitis: Nasal inflammation not caused by an allergen like pollen.

Notes

• "Pollinosis" is derived from Latin (fine flour, dust) and the Greek suffix (condition or process). It literally means "a condition caused by pollen."
• It does not refer to a fever, despite the common name "hay fever."

Noun

1. a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen