ecthyma

[ ek-thuh-muh, ek-thahy- ]

/ ˈɛk θə mə, ɛkˈθaɪ- /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

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.

Origin of ecthyma

1825–35; <Greek ékthȳma pustule, equivalent to ek-ec- + thȳ́(ein) to be angry + -ma noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM ecthyma

ec·thym·a·tous

[ek-thim-uh-tuhs, -thahy-muh-], /ɛkˈθɪm ə təs, -ˈθaɪ mə-/, adjective

Words nearby ecthyma

ectasia, ectatic, ectental, ectethmoid, ecthlipsis, ecthyma, ecto-, ectoantigen, ectoblast, ectocardia, ectocervix

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Example sentences from the Web for ecthyma

Yet these cases were discriminated from smallpox; they were diagnosed, and have been recorded, as an epidemic of ecthyma.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
In ecthyma the pustules are generally of the size of a split pea, and surrounded at their base by a broad halo of redness.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
How would you differentiate the large flat-pustular syphiloderm from ecthyma?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

British Dictionary definitions for ecthyma

ecthyma

/ (ˈɛkθɪmə) /

noun

pathol a local inflammation of the skin characterized by flat ulcerating pustules

Word Origin for ecthyma

C19: from New Latin, from Greek ekthuma pustule, from ekthuein to break out, from ek- out + thuein to seethe

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Medical definitions for ecthyma

ecthyma

[ ĕk-thī′mə ]

n.

A pyogenic infection of the skin due to staphylococci or streptococci and characterized by adherent crusts beneath which ulceration occurs.

单词	ecthyma
释义	ecthyma [ ek-thuh-muh, ek-thahy- ] / ˈɛk θə mə, ɛkˈθaɪ- / noun Veterinary Pathology. 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. Origin of ecthyma 1825–35; <Greek ékthȳma pustule, equivalent to ek-ec- + thȳ́(ein) to be angry + -ma noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM ecthyma ec·thym·a·tous [ek-thim-uh-tuhs, -thahy-muh-], /ɛkˈθɪm ə təs, -ˈθaɪ mə-/, adjective Words nearby ecthyma ectasia, ectatic, ectental, ectethmoid, ecthlipsis, ecthyma, ecto-, ectoantigen, ectoblast, ectocardia, ectocervix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ecthyma Yet these cases were discriminated from smallpox; they were diagnosed, and have been recorded, as an epidemic of ecthyma. A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)\|Charles Creighton In ecthyma the pustules are generally of the size of a split pea, and surrounded at their base by a broad halo of redness. Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I\|Arnold Cooley How would you differentiate the large flat-pustular syphiloderm from ecthyma? Essentials of Diseases of the Skin\|Henry Weightman Stelwagon British Dictionary definitions for ecthyma ecthyma / (ˈɛkθɪmə) / noun pathol a local inflammation of the skin characterized by flat ulcerating pustules Word Origin for ecthyma C19: from New Latin, from Greek ekthuma pustule, from ekthuein to break out, from ek- out + thuein to seethe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for ecthyma ecthyma [ ĕk-thī′mə ] n. A pyogenic infection of the skin due to staphylococci or streptococci and characterized by adherent crusts beneath which ulceration occurs. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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