aquagenic
adjective
                                                                                                                            
                                                            aqua·gen·ic
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˌä-kwə-ˈje-nik, ˌa-  
                                                      
                                                          
            
                                
              
          
                                                      : caused by water and especially by contact with water                                      
              
                             
Aquagenic urticaria is a rash caused by contact with water. It is exceedingly rare.— Rebecca Coffey,                Discover
Rebecca Coffey,                Discover
                                       Aquagenic pruritus is recurrent, intense, diffuse itching upon getting out of a bath or shower, and although no one knows the mechanism, it's a symptom of polycythemia vera, a rare condition in which the body produces too many red blood cells.— Atul Gawande,                The New Yorker
Atul Gawande,                The New Yorker
                         
                
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