pollinosis

P3O1L1L1I1N1O1S1I1S1
UK/ˌpɒləˈnəʊsɪs/US/ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs/

noun

An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.

Similar
hay fever
OriginLatin pollen, pollinis →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpollinosis (countable and uncountable, plural pollinoses)

plural pollinoses

  1. countableuncountableAn allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.

    Synonyms: hay fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.

Similar
hay fever

More synonyms by meaning

nouna seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen

Similar
hay fever
Broader
allergic rhinitis
Also see
hay fever

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpollen, pollinis
  2. Englishpollinosis

From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -osis.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian сенна хрема
  • сенна хрема (senna hrema)hay fever
Czech polinóza
  • polinózahay fever
Polish katar sienny
  • katar siennyhay fever
Russian поллино́з
  • поллино́з (pollinóz)hay fever
Spanish polinosis
  • polinosishay fever
Ukrainian поліно́з
  • поліно́з (polinóz)hay fever
Cite this entry
APA

pollinosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinosis

MLA

“pollinosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollinosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinosis.

Source: pollinosis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.