A skin condition or localized inflammatory reaction caused by contact with cnidarians like jellyfish or stinging corals.
From Greek knide (sting) + -osis (condition, state, disease). Medical term naming the inflammatory condition resulting from cnidocyte discharge into human skin.
Cnidosis is the medical term for jellyfish sting reactions—it's an inflammatory cascade triggered by thousands of tiny harpoon wounds!
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