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wheal

In medicine, a raised area on the skin with a reddened margin, which can result from a sharp blow or a sting.



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A broad wheal from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin, and by its contraction had turned up one side of the upper lip, so that three teeth were exposed in a perpetual snarl.
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