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urticaria

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɜːtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
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  • rhymes with -ɛəɹi.ə

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: urtication, hives, nettle rash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash, hypersensitivity reaction

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: եղնջացան (eġnǰacʻan) — medical condition
  • Azerbaijani: qurdeşənəyi — medical condition
  • Azerbaijani: övrə — medical condition
  • Bulgarian: копривна треска (koprivna treska) — medical condition
  • Bulgarian: уртикария (urtikarija) — medical condition
  • Catalan: urticària — medical condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蕁麻疹 /荨麻疹 (xúnmázhěn) — medical condition
  • Czech: kopřivka — medical condition
  • Czech: urtikarie — medical condition
  • Danish: nældefeber — medical condition
  • Dutch: netelroos — medical condition
  • Dutch: galbulten — medical condition
  • Dutch: urticaria — medical condition
  • Faroese: notusótt — medical condition
  • Finnish: nokkosihottuma — medical condition
  • Finnish: urtikaria — medical condition
  • French: urticaire — medical condition
  • German: Nesselausschlag — medical condition
  • German: Nesselfieber — medical condition
  • German: Nesselsucht — medical condition
  • German: Urtikaria — medical condition
  • Gujarati: શીતપિત્ત (śītpitt) — medical condition
  • Hungarian: csalánkiütés — medical condition
  • Irish: urtacáire — medical condition
  • Italian: orticaria — medical condition
  • Japanese: 蕁麻疹 (jinmashin) — medical condition
  • Khmer: កន្ទាលត្រអាក (kɑɑkɑntiəl trɑɑʼaak) — medical condition
  • Korean: 두드러기 (dudeureogi) — medical condition
  • Lithuanian: dilgėlinė — medical condition
  • Mongolian: чонон хөрвөс (čonon xörvös) — medical condition
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨᠤᠨ ᠬᠥᠷᠪᠡᠰ (činun qörbes) — medical condition
  • Norman: feu ortcheux — medical condition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elveblest — medical condition
  • Persian: کهیر (kahir) — medical condition
  • Persian: بشترم (boštaram) — medical condition
  • Polish: pokrzywka — medical condition
  • Portuguese: urticária — medical condition
  • Romanian: urticarie — medical condition
  • Romanian: blândă — medical condition
  • Russian: крапи́вница (krapívnica) — medical condition
  • Russian: крапи́вная сыпь (krapívnaja sypʹ) — medical condition
  • Russian: крапи́вная лихора́дка (krapívnaja lixorádka) — medical condition
  • Slovak: žihľavka — medical condition
  • Slovak: urtikária — medical condition
  • Slovene: koprivnica — medical condition
  • Slovene: urtikarija — medical condition
  • Spanish: urticaria — medical condition
  • Sundanese: kaligata — medical condition
  • Tagalog: tagulabay — medical condition
  • Telugu: కుక్కముండ్లు (kukkamuṇḍlu) — medical condition
  • Thai: ลมพิษ (lom-pít) — medical condition
  • Turkish: ürtiker — medical condition
  • Turkish: kurdeşen — medical condition
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورداشنی (kurdeşeni) — medical condition
  • Vietnamese: mề đay — medical condition
  • Vietnamese: phong ngứa — medical condition