wheal
Americannoun
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a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
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a wale or welt.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wheal
before 900; akin to whelk 2 and to obsolete wheal (v.), Old English hwelian to suppurate, develop wheals
Example Sentences
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The comparison group received just as many injections of material that not only looked the same but raised an identical red wheal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Injected under the skin, it produces a hivelike raised wheal with reddened skin around it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once it fell smartly on Kathleen's hand, leaving a red wheal; still Kathleen held on.
From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald
Sithee, th' childer's standin' ith middle oth yard wonderin' wheal th' noise comes throo.'
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
Anatomical studies show that the lesion has in some respects the structure of an ordinary wheal, with œdema and pigment deposit in the epidermal portion, and cellular infiltration made up principally of mast-cells.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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