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Hives Appearance

The Shape of Hives

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Updated July 20, 2009

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Hives Appearance
Photo © Heather L. Brannon, MD
The shape of hives is described as polycircular. This means they are made up of many circles. Can you pick out the circles in this picture of hives. See the next picture for my results.
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