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urticaria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun urticaria has 1 sense
- urticaria(n = noun.state) hives, nettle rash, urtication - an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs; Array is a kind of efflorescence, rash, roseola, skin rash, hypersensitivity reaction
CIDE DICTIONARY
urticaria, n. [NL. See Urtica.].
The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
urticaria, n. Med. nettle-rash.
Etymology
mod.L f. L urtica nettle f. urere burn
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