wheal

5 definitions found

wheal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wheal \Wheal\, n. [OE. whele, AS. hwele putrefaction, hwelian to
     putrefy.]
     A pustule; a whelk. --Wiseman.
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  Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cf. Wale.]
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     1. A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a
        similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.
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     2. Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence
        on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in
        urticaria.
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  Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cornish hwel.] (Mining)
     A mine.
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wheal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wheal
      n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a
           whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn:
           wale, welt, weal, wheal]

wheal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "wheal":
     abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, boil, bubo,
     bulla, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid,
     chilblain, cold sore, eschar, felon, fester, festering,
     fever blister, fistula, furuncle, furunculus, gathering, gumboil,
     hemorrhoids, kibe, lesion, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis,
     petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, pustule, rising, scab,
     soft chancre, sore, stigma, strake, streak, stripe, sty,
     suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, weal,
     welt, whelk, whelp, whitlow, wound