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nettle-rashes

nettle-rashes is the plural of nettle-rash.

Meaning of nettle-rash

Noun

nettle-rash (countable and uncountable, plural nettle-rashes)

  1. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
    • Poor kids. Only troubles wildfire and nettlerash.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 495
    Synonyms:
    hives, urticaria

Questions about nettle-rashes

What is nettle-rashes the plural of?
Nettle-rashes is the plural of nettle-rash.

Words near nettle-rashes in the dictionary

  1. nettle-leaved horsemints
  2. nettle-monger
  3. nettle-mongers
  4. nettle-rash
  5. nettle-rashed
  6. nettle-rashes
  7. nettle-tap
  8. nettle-taps
  9. nettlebed
  10. nettlebeds
  11. nettlecloth

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