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/haɪvz/ · noun
Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions..
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.
When she recovers enough to look down at her arms [...] she blinks to see them covered in faint, but rising, puffy welts. Hives. She's breaking out in hives.
Use hives when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hives means Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions..
Common synonyms include urticaria, nettle-rash, urtication, nettle rash.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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