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urticaria

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See also: urticária and urticària

English

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person displaying cholinergic urticaria on the volar aspect of the forearm

Etymology

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

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Noun

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urticaria (countable and uncountable, plural urticarias)

  1. (pathology) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.
    • 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:
      "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."
    • 2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      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.

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From ū̆rtīca + -āria.

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    Noun

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    ū̆rtīcāria f (genitive ū̆rtīcāriae); first declension

    1. (New Latin) urticaria

    Declension

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ū̆rtīcāria ū̆rtīcāriae
    genitive ū̆rtīcāriae ū̆rtīcāriārum
    dative ū̆rtīcāriae ū̆rtīcāriīs
    accusative ū̆rtīcāriam ū̆rtīcāriās
    ablative ū̆rtīcāriā ū̆rtīcāriīs
    vocative ū̆rtīcāria ū̆rtīcāriae

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    Verb

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    urticaria

    1. first/third-person singular conditional of urticar

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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

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    • IPA(key): /uɾtiˈkaɾja/ [uɾ.t̪iˈka.ɾja]
    • Rhymes: -aɾja
    • Syllabification: ur‧ti‧ca‧ria

    Noun

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    urticaria f (plural urticarias)

    1. urticaria

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