wheal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cornish hwel.] (Mining)
   A mine.
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from 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
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