nettle-rashn.
/ˈnɛtlraʃ/, U.S. /ˈnɛdlˌræʃ/ Medicine.
A rash of itching red spots on the skin, resembling that caused by the sting of a nettle and caused by allergic reaction to food, etc.; urticaria.
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essera1706
nettle-rash1740
urticaria1771
nettle fever1781
blab1861
Quincke's disease1894
1740 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) II. 157 I then..found I had got what the doctor at Windsor calls a nettle-rash.
1799 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 4) I. 93 The Essera, or Nettle-rash, is attended perhaps, with the slightest of all fevers.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 481 Observations on the Nettle-Rash Fever.
1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 326 Nettle Rash is not contagious.
1867 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 172 Laid up with the most awful nettle-rash all over face and body.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 309 In some patients hay fever is accompanied by nettle rash.
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 686/2 The poisonous matter contained in the hair of these insects is dangerous to the skin if permitted to come into contact with it, causing inflammation that may even lead to nettle-rash.
1989 Under Fire Nov.–Dec. 100/2 Nettle rash, or hives..is a temporary very itchy red rash, with raised pale patches in the centre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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