noun
- raised, red, itchy bumps on the skin, typically caused by an allergic reaction
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient developed wheals after eating shellfish.
- Red wheals appeared on her arms within minutes of the bee sting.
- The doctor prescribed antihistamines to reduce the wheals.
- Large wheals covered his back after the allergic reaction.
- The wheals were itchy and uncomfortable but not dangerous.
- She noticed small wheals forming around the mosquito bites.