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URTICARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urticaria mean? 

URTICARIA (noun)
  The noun URTICARIA has 1 sense:

1. an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugsplay

  Familiarity information: URTICARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


URTICARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication

Hypernyms ("urticaria" is a kind of...):

efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash (any red eruption of the skin)

hypersensitivity reaction (an inappropriate and excessive reaction to an allergen (as pollen or dust or animal hair or certain foods); severity ranges from mild allergy to severe systemic reactions leading to anaphylactic shock)


 Context examples 


It is a long-acting, non-sedative antihistaminic used in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis, asthma, allergic conjunctivitis, and chronic idiopathic urticaria.

(Astemizole, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used for symptomatic treatment of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis and for chronic urticaria.

(Cetirizine, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of nonthrombocytopenic purpura due to a hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with a variety of clinical symptoms including urticaria and erythema, arthropathy and arthritis, gastrointestinal symptoms, and renal involvement.

(Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Also called urticaria.

(Hives, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic alkylamine derivative used in allergic reactions, hay fever, rhinitis, urticaria, and asthma, antihistamine Chlorpheniramine Maleate acts as a competitive histamine H1 receptor antagonist, and displays anticholinergic and mild sedative effects as well.

(Chlorpheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)



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