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What are hives?


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Hives are red, itchy blotches that can can appear due to an allergic reaction. They are usually raised and can have a pale center.

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Hives:1:a teeming multitude; 2:a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees; 3:an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs; 4:a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree; 5:store, like bees; 6:move together in a hive or as if in a hive; 7:gather into a hive.

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Hives are a skin condition with itching welts and caused by an allergic reaction to internal or external agents. ChaCha for now!

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Hives are an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous patches of skin or mucous membrane and usually intense itching

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Hives are a urtication: an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins. ChaCha on!

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An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually an allergic response.

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