wheal
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Injected under the skin, it produces a hivelike raised wheal with reddened skin around it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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.
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Charnock did not see the blow struck, but he heard Wilbraham's cry, and as he entered the patio, he saw the wheal redden and ridge upon his face.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
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 Edward Dyson
Botallack mine is not, I need scarcely say, a wheal Do-em.
From Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne