urticaria
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɝ.tɪˈkɛɹ.i.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɜː.tɪˈkɛə.ɹi.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiə
Noun
urticaria (countable and uncountable, plural urticarias)
- (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:
- 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
medical condition
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːr.tiːˈkaː.ri.a/, [uːrt̪iːˈkäːriä] or IPA(key): /ur.tiːˈkaː.ri.a/, [ʊrt̪iːˈkäːriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ur.tiˈka.ri.a/, [urt̪iˈkäːriä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ū̆rtīcāria | ū̆rtīcāriae |
Genitive | ū̆rtīcāriae | ū̆rtīcāriārum |
Dative | ū̆rtīcāriae | ū̆rtīcāriīs |
Accusative | ū̆rtīcāriam | ū̆rtīcāriās |
Ablative | ū̆rtīcāriā | ū̆rtīcāriīs |
Vocative | ū̆rtīcāria | ū̆rtīcāriae |
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾtiˈkaɾja/ [uɾ.t̪iˈka.ɾja]
- Rhymes: -aɾja
- Syllabification: ur‧ti‧ca‧ria
Further reading
- “urticaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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