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allergen

substance that can produce an abnormally vigorous immune response, in which the immune system reacts to fight off a perceived threat that would otherwise be harmless to the body
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allergen

Summary

allergen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • allergen is a type of disease causative agent[2].
  • allergen's topic's main category is recorded as Q6182158[3].
  • allergen's has effect is recorded as allergy[4].
  • allergen's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C62651[5].
  • allergen's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/types_of_allergens[6].

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Definition and Type

allergen is a type of disease causative agent[2].

Why It Matters

allergen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1] allergen has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] allergen is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

allergy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_allergen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{allergen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/allergen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Q6182158
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Has effect → allergy
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21057, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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