Usually means: Allergic reaction causing skin welts.
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  1. hives: Merriam-Webster
  2. hives: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hives: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hives: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hives: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hive's, Hives, hive's, hives: Wordnik
  7. hives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hives: Wiktionary
  9. hives: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hives: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hives: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hives: Dictionary.com
  13. hives: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hives (film), Hives, The Hives, The hives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Hives: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. hives: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. hives: Rhymezone
  19. Hives: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. hives: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. hives: FreeDictionary.org
  22. hives: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. hives: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. hives: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hives: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hives: Hacking Lexicon
  2. hives: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. hives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hives: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Hives, hives: Allergy Glossary of Terms
  5. Hives (Urticaria): Diabetes Dictionary
  6. Hives: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Hives: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  10. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  12. Hives: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. hives: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  14. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  15. hives: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  16. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  17. hives: Medical dictionary
  18. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  19. Hives: Drug Medical Dictionary
  20. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. HIVES: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hives: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hives: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

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