urticaria

See also: urticária and urticària

English
male person displaying cholinergic urticaria on the volar aspect of the forearm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɜɹ.tɪˈkeə.ɹi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəriə

Noun

urticaria (countable and uncountable, plural urticarias)

  1. (medicine) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions

Synonyms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

urtīca +‎ -āria

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ur.tiːˈkaː.ri.a/, [ʊr.tiːˈkaː.ri.a]

Noun

urtīcāria f (genitive urtīcāriae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) urticaria

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urtīcāria urtīcāriae
Genitive urtīcāriae urtīcāriārum
Dative urtīcāriae urtīcāriīs
Accusative urtīcāriam urtīcāriās
Ablative urtīcāriā urtīcāriīs
Vocative urtīcāria urtīcāriae

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ur.tiˈka.ɾja/

Noun

urticaria f (plural urticarias)

  1. urticaria
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