different between idiosyncratic vs atopy

English

Etymology

From idiosyncrasy +? -ic.

Adjective

idiosyncratic (comparative more idiosyncratic, superlative most idiosyncratic)

1. Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.
   • 1982, Michael Walsh, "Music: A Fresh Falstaff in Los Angeles," Time, 26 April:

     British Director Ronald Eyre kept the action crisp; he was correctly content to execute the composer's wishes, rather than impose a fashionably idiosyncratic view of his own.

Derived terms

• idiosyncratical
• idiosyncraticity

Related terms

• idiosyncrasy

Translations

Further reading

• idiosyncratic at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (atopía), from ?????? (átopos), from ?- (a-) + ????? (tópos, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æt?pi/

Noun

atopy (plural atopies)

1. (medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 67:

     Whatever factor is invoked to explain the increase in asthma must also be capable of explaining other outbreaks of atopy.

2. A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.

Synonyms

• atopic allergy

Related terms

• atopic

Translations

See also

• allergy

Anagrams

• payot