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Wheal   Listen
noun
Wheal  n.  A pustule; a whelk.


Wheal  n.  
1.
A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.
2.
Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.


Wheal  n.  (Mining) A mine.





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"Wheal" Quotes from Famous Books



... given in Colored Plate III, Fig. 17. It is appropriately named nettle-rash, from its resemblance to the irritation caused by the sting of a nettle. There is the same sharp, tingling sensation and a similar white wheal or blotch, caused by the muscular spasm of the corium, ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


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