skeeter syndrome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From slang skeeter (“a mosquito”).
Noun[edit]
skeeter syndrome (uncountable)
- (medicine) A type of localized severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites, caused by allergenic polypeptides in mosquito saliva, consisting of inflammation, peeling skin, hives, ulceration, and sometimes fever.
- 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times[1]:
- In the morning I am awakened by what I assume are ambulances but which are allegedly cicadas. My left ankle is swollen with two mosquito bites. I suffer from “skeeter syndrome,” which means mosquito bites on my skin distend to tumoral degrees and erupt in tiny welts.