Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urticaria

/ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: ur-ticaria
IPA: /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""And the cramps when my body - like a badly articulated skeleton - would all get twisted into one rigid tangle! But now, except some dyspepsia and urticaria of the palms, I am free from pain.""
"So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin urtīcāria, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”) + -āria.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: urtīcāria, -
Suffix: urtīca

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
British English: /ˌɜːtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

urticarias (plural)

Derived Forms

urticarial urticariform urticarious

Phrases

cold urticaria urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome

Synonyms

hives nettle-rash urtication nettle rash

Rhymes With

area bulgaria malaria bavaria samaria aquaria varia carpentaria militaria rosaria araucaria caria

Questions

How do you pronounce urticaria?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/.
What does urticaria mean?: Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.
Where does urticaria come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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