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Definition of: urticaria
(ûr′tə·kâr′ē·ə) noun Pathol.
A disease of the skin, variously caused, characterized by evanescent, rounded elevations resembling wheals raised by a whip, and attended with intense itching; nettle rash; hives. [<NL <L urtica nettle]
—ur′ti·car′·i·al or ·i·ous adjective
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