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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as dermatographia.

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Examples

  • As he did so, he explained that some people have a condition known as dermographism, in which the skin has an allergic reaction to being touched.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011

  • The white line response is reminiscent of white dermographism and adrenoceptor mediated blanching.

    The Benefits of Tickling Heather McDougal 2009

  • The white line response is reminiscent of white dermographism and adrenoceptor mediated blanching.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • (experiments of Focaehon, Bourru, and Burot) are among the most seriously questioned and most questionable experiments; they have never been verified, even in the case of subjects affected with dermographism.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

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