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Hay fever

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Noun
  1. 1
    An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen wordnet

Etymology

First attested by John Bostock in 1819. The smell of hay in the summer was thought to be the origin of the condition.

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