erysipelas
/er-uh-sip-uh-luhs, eer-uh-/US // ˌɛr əˈsɪp ə ləs, ˌɪər ə- //UK // (ˌɛrɪˈsɪpɪləs) //
红斑狼疮,红皮病,红斑痤疮,赤霉病
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Pathology. an acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.
- : Also called swine erysipelas. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of swine, caused by the organism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, characterized by urticaria, vegetative endocarditis, arthritis, and sometimes septicemia.
Examples
He was threatened with erysipelas, and there was a rather critical inflammation of the left eye.
The small muscles of both his arms were ruptured, and a subsequent attack of erysipelas put his life in jeopardy.
Simple Erysipelas only affects the surface, with redness and smarting.
Should erysipelas develop on a very young baby it is very important that he should be removed at once from the mother.
Erysipelas is a much-dreaded disease which is the result of infection with the blood-poisoning germ—streptococcus.
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