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nettle rash

–noun Pathology.
urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.

Origin:
1730–40
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hives   (hīvz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A skin condition characterized by intensely itching welts and caused by an allergic reaction to internal or external agents, an infection, or a nervous condition. Also called nettle rash, urticaria.

[Origin unknown.]
nettle rash  
n.  See hives.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nettle rash
Function: noun
: an eruption on the skin caused by or resembling the condition produced by stinging with nettles : HIVES
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Medical Dictionary

nettle rash net·tle rash (nět'l)
n.
See urticaria.

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