Hives

Quick meaning: Hives is a noun meaning Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. plural of hive
2. third-person singular simple present indicative of hive

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• hive

Synonyms for hives

Depending on context, synonyms include urticaria, nettle-rash, urtication.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include urticaria, urtication, nettle rash, uredo, apiaries, beehives.

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