nettle rash

American

noun

Pathology.

urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.

nettle rash British

noun

a nontechnical name for urticaria

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Etymology

Origin of nettle rash

First recorded in 1730–40

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nettle rash

On the side of the road, he got a stinging nettle rash.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2019

It seems that Juan had merely had a bad case of nettle rash, which marred his handsome face, so he had wanted to lie low for a few days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Could be measles, you know, or nettle rash.

From Time Magazine Archive

But now I've been tricked into coming, I might as well stay until this little attack of indigestion or nettle rash or whatever it is, passes away.'

From Rolling Stones by O. Henry

He looked more like a case of nettle rash, especially when Vernabelle gripped his hand at parting and called him comrade!

From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson

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