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• Urticaria — Another name for the hives. Raised, itchy areas of skin that are usually a sign of an allergic reaction. Hives can be rounded or flat topped but are always elevated above the surrounding skin. They reflect circumscribed dermal edema (local… …   Medical dictionary

• Wheal — A raised, itchy (pruritic) area of skin that is almost always an overt sign of allergy. Not all wheals are alike. They may be redder or paler than the skin around them. They may vary in configuration and may be rounded or flat topped. Wheals… …   Medical dictionary

• Wheal — Infobox Symptom Name = PAGENAME Background = Caption = A welt (wheal) formed on a person s skin after being struck on the neck with a credit card ICD10 = ICD10|L|50|9|l|50 ICD9 = ICD9|708 ICDO = OMIM = DiseasesDB = 13606 MedlinePlus = 000845… …   Wikipedia

• hives — /huyvz/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Pathol. any of various eruptive conditions of the skin, as the wheals of urticaria. [1490 1500; orig. Scots; of obscure orig.] * * * or urticaria Allergic skin reaction in which slightly raised, flat… …   Universalium

• urticate — 1. To perform urtication. 2. Marked by the presence of wheals. [L. urticatus] * * * ur·ti·cate ərt ə .kāt vi, cat·ed; cat·ing to produce wheals or itching esp to induce hives ur·ti·ca·tion .ərt ə kā shən n * * * ur·ti·cate (urґtĭ kāt) 1 …   Medical dictionary

• Contact dermatitis — Classification and external resources Rash resulting from skin reactions. ICD 10 L …   Wikipedia

• Urticaria — Hives redirects here. For other uses, see Hive (disambiguation). Urticaria Classification and external resources Urticaria on the arm ICD 10 L …   Wikipedia

• Cookham Bridge — (downstream side) Official name Cookham Bridge Crosses River Thames Locale …   Wikipedia

• acne urticata — acne ur·ti·ca·ta .ərt ə kāt ə n an acneform eruption of the skin characterized by itching papular wheals * * * a skin eruption characterized by edematous papular wheals resembling acne papules, usually on the trunk, upper arms, or neck, but… …   Medical dictionary

• Fret — Fret, v. i. 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges. [1913 Webster] 2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. [1913 Webster] Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Urticaria — Ur ti*ca ri*a, n. [NL. See {Urtica}.] (Med.) 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English