urticaria
pronunciation
How to pronounce urticaria in British English:
UK [ˌɜ:tɪˈkeəriə]
How to pronounce urticaria in American English:
US [ˌɜrtɪˈkeriə]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- urticaria (n.)
- "nettle-rash," medical Latin, from Latin urtica "nettle, stinging nettle" (figuratively "spur, incentive, stimulant), from urere "to burn," from PIE root *eus- "to burn" (see ember) + abstract noun ending -ia. Related: Urticarial.
Example
- 1. Cost-effectiveness analysis of regimens for treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria .
- 2. Urticaria have effect you eat chlorpheniramine .
- 3. His urticaria eruption resolved 3 hours later .
- 4. What is the treatment pressure urticaria ?
- 5. Hives or urticaria can be very itchy .