漆うるしかぶれ

noun

urushiol-induced contact dermatitis; poison ivy rash; lacquer rash

Medical term for skin inflammation caused by contact with urushiol, the allergenic oil in poison ivy, poison oak, and the Japanese lacquer tree (漆). Commonly called 漆かぶれ in everyday Japanese.

See also: ウルシオール

• 山やまで漆うるしにかぶれて、漆うるしかぶれがひどくなった。

  I touched lacquer in the mountains and got a bad lacquer rash.

• 漆うるしかぶれの症しょう状じょうにはステロイド軟なん膏こうが処しょ方ほうされる。

  Steroid ointment is prescribed for symptoms of urushiol-induced dermatitis.