nettle rash

urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.

Origin of nettle rash

First recorded in 1730–40

And then I got as busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wall-paper.

The Gentle Grafter |O. Henry
My wife is very sick and confined to her bed with something like the nettle-rash.

Memoir of John Howe Peyton |Various
It is not the first time I've made a rash remark: nettle-rash this turned out!

Folly as It Flies |Fanny Fern
Among the insane, it has also been noticed that its use has been followed by nettle-rash and petechiæ (Reimer and others).

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth

In some cases there is great irritability of the skin, and an eruption of nettle-rash.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth

nettle rash

a nontechnical name for urticaria

nettle rash

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urticaria