wheal
Example Sentences
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The comparison group received just as many injections of material that not only looked the same but raised an identical red wheal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Injected under the skin, it produces a hivelike raised wheal with reddened skin around it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He observed, almost subconsciously, the dull red wheal that came into prominence as the colour faded out of Sir Oliver's face, yet never thought to ask how it came there.
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
Botallack mine is not, I need scarcely say, a wheal Do-em.
From Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Dick's palms were very puffy; there were a couple of blue blisters on his fingers, and across each wrist an angry-looking white wheal.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Dyson, Edward
