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urticaria en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌɜːtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin urtīcāria, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”) + -āria.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.
   • So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope. 2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic:
   • "And the cramps when my body - like a badly articulated skeleton - would all get twisted into one rigid tangle! But now, except some dyspepsia and urticaria of the palms, I am free from pain." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Forms

Deriveds

cold urticaria · urticarial · urticariform · urticarious · urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome

Synonyms

hives · nettle-rash

Translations (56)

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