Definition of Ragweed pollen

1. Noun. Pollen of the ragweed plant is a common allergen.

Generic synonyms: Pollen, Allergen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragweed Pollen

ragtags
ragtime
ragtimer
ragtimers
ragtimes
ragtimey
ragtimy
ragtop
ragtops
ragu
raguinite
raguled
raguly
ragus
ragweed
ragweed pollen (current term)
ragweeds
ragwheel
ragwheels
ragwork
ragworks
ragworm
ragworms
ragwort
ragworts
rah
rah-rah
rah-rah skirt
rah-rah skirts
rahed

Literary usage of Ragweed pollen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"This shows how much more frequently ragweed pollen causes bronchial asthma' ... Of the 32 patients who had asthma from ragweed pollen, 3 gave a positive ..."

2. Hayfever and Asthma: Care, Prevention and Treatment by William Scheppegrell (1922)
"Grass pollen only 7 per cent ragweed pollen only 38 " Both grass and ragweed pollen 55 " A number of these also reacted to the chenopodium class of pollens ..."

3. A Text-book of Practical Therapeutics: With Especial Reference to the by Hobart Amory Hare (1918)
"The two pollens which most commonly induce hay fever are timothy pollen in the spring, and ragweed pollen in the early autumn, although it is possible for a ..."

4. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1918)
"There were five cases of urticaria, two of which were caused by horse dandruff proteins and three by ragweed pollen, and three cases of angioneurotic edema, ..."

5. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"(Here the patient was given intradermal injections of horse epithelium and ragweed pollen as representative of the animal and vegetable emanations. ..."

6. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by G. Koehler, Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans (1921)
"With this experience, Walter gives no more large doses at the season, and is withholding all pre-season inoculation with ragweed pollen protein. ..."

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