multiple chemical sensitivity

multiple chemical sensitivity
a variable group of symptoms, sometimes disabling, attributed to exposure to chemicals in the environment that are not considered harmful to the average person at the levels they are encountered. Some authorities consider this diagnosis controversial.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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