{"term":{"id":"13196","title":"hay fever","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - hay fever","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.13196","code":"13196","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: pollenosis","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Allergic condition affecting the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes, characterized by nasal discharge, sneezing, and itchy, watery eyes; and usually caused by an abnormal sensitivity to airborne pollen.","links":[{"term":"Allergic","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/12858"},{"term":"nasal discharge","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/13653"}],"sources":["PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1173 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-11-06-03)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13196\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13196\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13196\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'hay fever' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.13196","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-06T18:28:13+00:00"}}