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INSECT BITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insect bite mean? 

INSECT BITE (noun)
  The noun INSECT BITE has 1 sense:

1. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skinplay

  Familiarity information: INSECT BITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSECT BITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bite; insect bite; sting

Hypernyms ("insect bite" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insect bite"):

bee sting (a sting inflicted by a bee)

flea bite (sting inflicted by a flea)

mosquito bite (a sting inflicted by a mosquito)


 Context examples 


It usually starts when bacteria get into a break in the skin, such as a cut, scratch, or insect bite.

(Impetigo, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite.

(Chagas Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by skin lesions at the site of insect bite which typically develop within weeks or months after exposure . The lesions typically progress from small papules to open sores with raised borders and central ulcers which can be covered with scales or crust.

(American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)



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