Our online medical glossary of medical terms and definitions includes definitions for terms related to treatment, and general medicine
WEAL AND FLARE
The vascular changes in the skin in response to mildmechanical injury, an outward spreading zone of reddening flare) followed rapidly by a weal (swelling) at the site of injury.
Redness, heat and swelling, three of the cardinal signs of inflammation, are present.
This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology