a local inflammation of the skin characterized by flat ulcerating pustules
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from Greek ekthuma pustule, from ekthuein to break out, from ek- out + thuein to seethe
ecthyma in American English
(ˈekθəmə, ekˈθai-)
noun
Veterinary Science
.a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips
Also called: contagious ecthyma, sore mouth
Derived forms
ecthymatous (ekˈθɪmətəs, -ˈθaimə-)
adjective
Word origin
[1825–35; ‹ Gk ékthȳma pustule, equiv. to ek-ec- + thý̄(ein) to be angry + -ma n. suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross section, individualism, spiritualism, structural, torque
Examples of 'ecthyma' in a sentence
ecthyma
Polymorphous lesions prompted differential diagnoses such as histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, ecthyma and lymphoma.
Victoria Rivelli, Liz Domínguez, Graciela Gorostiaga, Gloria Mendoza, Arnaldo Aldama 2008, 'Haga su diagnostico Case for diagnosis', Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962008000400016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He was finally diagnosed to have staphylococcal ecthyma that successfully responded to oral antibiotic.
Moteb K. Alotaibi 2015, 'Ecthyma mimicking cutaneous leishmaniasis', ScienceRisehttp://journals.uran.ua/sciencerise/article/view/39356. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ecthyma gangrenosum can occur in healthy patients without bacteremia.
Ilkay Bozkurt, Esra Pancar Yuksel, Mustafa Sunbul 2015, 'Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient', Indian Dermatology Online Journalhttp://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2015;volume=6;issue=5;spage=336;epage=338;aulast=Bozkurt. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Impetigo contagiosum (47%) was the most common form of pyoderma, followed by ecthyma(19.9%) and folliculitis (18.5%).
Umashankar Nagaraju, Belliappa Pemmanda Raju 2017, 'Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired pyoderma in childrenin South India', Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatologyhttp://www.ijpd.in/article.asp?issn=2319-7250;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=14;epage=17;aulast=Nagaraju. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)