erysipelas

noun
/ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/UK/ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/US

Etymology

From Middle English erisipila, borrowed from Latin erysipelas, from Ancient Greek ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς (erŭsĭ́pelăs), probably related to ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”) and πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “the sole of a foot”).

  1. derived from erysipelas
  2. inherited from erisipila

Definitions

  1. An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic…

    An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.

    • The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.

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