Urticaria vs. Wheal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Urticaria and Wheal
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Urticaria
See hives.
Wheal
A small swelling on the skin, as from an insect bite, that usually itches or burns.
Urticaria
(diseases) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.
Wheal
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
Urticaria
The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
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Wheal
A mine.
Urticaria
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
Wheal
(uncommon) wale.
Wheal
A pustule; a whelk.
Wheal
A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.
Wheal
Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.
Wheal
A mine.
Wheal
A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
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