The Emergence Machine

Allergy

abstract · Medicine · Level 17 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

An abnormal immune system response to a harmless substance, resulting in an overactive reaction that compromises overall health, is a transformation of the immune system's state.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “allergy” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “allergy”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
allergy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL17L16L15L14L3L2L1L0AllergyImmune SystemProteinAmino AcidResultSystemAcidBuilding… intermediate l…ProcessConsequenceFormLifeActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAllergyL17ActionL1ProcessL2ResultL3SystemL3Immune SystemL16E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of allergy
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    allergy requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Result L3 (requires)
    An abnormal immune system response to a harmless substance, resulting in an overactive reaction that compromises overall health.
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    Understanding system is essential for grasping allergy
  • Immune System L16 (requires)
    An abnormal immune system response to a harmless substance, resulting in an overactive reaction that compromises overall health.