vi, flared  flar*ing  :  to break out or intensify rapidly  :  become suddenly worse or more painful - often used with up <your gallstones up -W. A. Nolen> 
n 1  :  a sudden outburst or worsening of a disease <acute s in rheumatoid arthritis -Emergency Medicine>  - see FLARE-UP   2  :  an area of skin flush resulting from and spreading out from a local center of vascular dilation and hyperemia <urticarial >   3  :  the presence of floating particles in the fluid of the anterior chamber of the eye - called also aqueous flare  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  fail·ure  feel·er  fi·lar  fi·lar·ia 
 
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.  © 1997-2024.