Look up: urticaria

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   Urticaria
   Skin disease characterised by a pimply rash, also called 'hives'.
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   urticaria
   Vascular reaction of the skin marked by the transient appearance of smooth, slightly elevated patches (wheals, hives) that are redder or paler than the surrounding skin and often attended by severe itching.
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   Urticaria
   an allergic reaction in which itchy white lumps surrounded by areas of inflammation appear on the skin; commonly called 'hives'
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   Urticaria
   Hives or nettle rash. Often caused by contact with e.g. plants or with an allergen to which a person is allergic. The rash usually resolves within 24 hours. See also chronic urticaria.
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   urticaria
   A condition characterised by itching wheals
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   Urticaria
   A skin rash caused by the sudden release of histamine
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   Urticaria
   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 swelling of the skin). The hives are usually well circumscribed but may be coalescent and will blan ...
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   urticaria
   local allergic wheals which arise from a number of occupational sensitizations and are often associated with itching,malaise,and slight fever Category: Medicine
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   urticaria
   <dermatology> A transient condition of the skin, usually caused by an allergic reaction, characterised by pale or reddened irregular, elevated patches and severe itching, hives. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    Urticaria
    (or ) is a skin condition, commonly caused by an allergic reaction, that is characterized by raised red skin welts. It is also known as `nettle rash` or `uredo`. Welts from hives can appear anywhere on the body, including the face, lips, tongue, throat, and ears. Welts may vary in size from about 5 mm (0.2 inches) in diameter to the size of a dinner plate; they typically itch severely, sting, or burn, and often have a pale border. Urticaria is ge...
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    urticaria
    (ur″tĭ-kar´e-ә) a vascular reaction of the upper dermis marked by transient, slightly elevated patches called wheals that are redder or paler than the surrounding skin; there often is severe itching. Common causes include foods, drugs, infections, and emotional stress. See Atlas 2. Called also hives. ad...
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    Urticaria
    • (n.) 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.
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    urticaria
    Pathology: a transient condition of the skin, usually caused by an allergic reaction, characterized by pale or reddened irregular, elevated patches and severe itching; hives.
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    urticaria
    cnidosis; urticaria A transient condition of the skin, usually caused by an allergic reaction, characterized by pale, or reddened, irregular, elevated patches and severe itching, hives.
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    urticaria
    An eruption of itching wheals, usually of systemic origin; it may be due to a state of hypersensitivity to foods or drugs, foci of infection, physical agents (heat, cold, light, friction), or psychic stimuli. Syn: urtication 2, hives 1 [L. urtica]
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