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exanthem

[ eg-zan-thuhm, ig-, ek-san- ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. an eruptive disease, especially one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.


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Other Word Forms

  • ··ٳ·· [eg-zan-th, uh, -, mat, -ik, ek-san-], ··ٳ··ٴdzܲ [eg-zan-, them, -, uh, -t, uh, s, ek-san-], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exanthem1

1650–60; < Late Latin 油Գٳŧ < Greek áԳٳŧ skin eruption, breaking forth, literally, a bursting into flower, equivalent to ex- ex- 3 + Գٳŧ- (verbid stem of Գٳî to blossom; antho- ) + -ma noun suffix
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Example Sentences

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During the delay the variolous exanthem should betray its individuality by the formation of a minute vesicular apex at the summit of several papules.

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Uncomplicated measles too, generally runs its course with a marked leukopenia, specially distinct during the breaking out and at the height of the exanthem.

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The dermal manifestations, such as urticaria and eruptions resembling the exanthem of scarlatina, are too well known to need mention here.

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On the other hand, some maladies occurring in connection with this exanthem do not change its symptoms, but themselves undergo modification.

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The initial lesions of the exanthem are dense and deeply-set papules, so closely coherent even at this moment that they scarcely leave between them interspaces of sound skin.

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