Hypoallergen

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An allergen that has been modified to be less than normally allergenic.

    "Furthermore, the only disease modifying approach in allergy treatment is thought to be allergen-specific immunotherapy in which the modified hypoallergen is considered to be potential candidate molecule for vaccination in future."

Example

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"Furthermore, the only disease modifying approach in allergy treatment is thought to be allergen-specific immunotherapy in which the modified hypoallergen is considered to be potential candidate molecule for vaccination in future."

Etymology

From hypo- + allergen.

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