'Wheal' definitions:
Definition of 'wheal'
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Definition of 'Wheal'
From: GCIDE
- Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cornish hwel.] (Mining) A mine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wheal'
From: GCIDE
- Wheal \Wheal\, n. [OE. whele, AS. hwele putrefaction, hwelian to putrefy.] A pustule; a whelk. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wheal'
From: GCIDE
- Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cf. Wale.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wheal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscess,
- aposteme,
- bed sore,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- boil,
- bubo,
- bulla,
- bunion,
- canker,
- canker sore,
- carbuncle,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- chilblain,
- cold sore,
- eschar,
- felon,
- fester,
- festering,
- fever blister,
- fistula,
- furuncle,
- furunculus,
- gathering,
- gumboil,
- hemorrhoids,
- kibe,
- lesion,
- papula,
- papule,
- paronychia,
- parulis,
- petechia,
- piles,
- pimple,
- pock,
- polyp,
- pustule,
- rising,
- scab,
- soft chancre,
- sore,
- stigma,
- strake,
- streak,
- stripe,
- sty,
- suppuration,
- swelling,
- tubercle,
- ulcer,
- ulceration,
- wale,
- weal,
- welt,
- whelk,
- whelp,
- whitlow,
- wound