URTICARIA


Meaning of URTICARIA in English

[ur.ti.car.ia] n [NL, fr. L urtica nettle] (ca. 1771): an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous patches of skin or mucous membrane and usu. intense itching and caused by contact with a specific precipitating factor (as a food, drug, or inhalant) either externally or internally -- ur.ti.car.i.al adj

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