Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as exanthema.
- n. In botany, a blotch or excrescence on the surface of a leaf, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as exanthema.
WordNet 3.0
- n. eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease
Examples
“Behrend 9.321 observed an opium exanthem, which was attended by intolerable itching, after the exhibition of a quarter of a grain.”
“The dermal manifestations, such as urticaria and eruptions resembling the exanthem of scarlatina, are too well known to need mention here.”
“Behrend observed an opium exanthem, which was attended by intolerable itching, after the exhibition of a quarter of a grain.”
“The linkage of exanthem subitum to febrile seizures, along with the identification of HHV-6 as the causative pathogen for exanthem subitum, led naturally to the hypothesis that HHV-6 infection may underlie many cases of febrile seizures.”
“When a patient develops encephalitis in association with exanthem subitum, the signs of encephalitis usually arise during the febrile phase of the illness before the onset of rash [89].”
“A hallmark of exanthem subitum is a rapid onset of high fever.”
“Soon thereafter, HHV-6 was noted to be ubiquitous and a principal cause of the common childhood disease exanthem subitum (also referred to as roseola or sixth disease) [89].”
“Acute viral infection is another common cause of acute urticaria (viral exanthem).”
“I found the reporter had misspelled this odd word and was amazed that a cop had used a Greek-root word, exanthem -- properly, too.”
Lists
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corpus medicorum
words describing medical conditions
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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Small but deadly
Vituperative viruses : vindictive and vicious. This list doesn't even touch on the havoc wrought by bacteria, parasites, and prions.
poliomyelitis, marburg virus, ebola virus, subacute sclerosi..., progressive multi..., rabies, encephalitis leth..., lymphocytic chori..., tick-borne mening..., tropical spastic ..., dengue fever, rift valley fever and 85 more...
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Pathologica
carcinoma, sarcoma, dyscrasia, sclerosis, ictus, intussusception, thrombosis, embolism, sepsis, carcinomatosis, acrochordon, nevus and 58 more...
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