wheal

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Injected under the skin, it produces a hivelike raised wheal with reddened skin around it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Men who saw him riding wildly thus with the red wheal across his white furious face said that he looked a very devil.

From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael

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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle)