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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024er•y•sip•e•las (er′ə sip′ə ləs, ēr′ə-),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologyan acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.
- Veterinary DiseasesAlso called swine erysipelas. a disease of swine, caused by the organism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, characterized by urticaria, vegetative endocarditis, arthritis, and sometimes septicemia.
- Greek, equivalent. to erysi- (probably akin to erythrós red) + -pelas probably skin (akin to pélma sole of the foot; compare Latin pellis skin)
- Latin erysipelas
- 1350–1400; Middle English erisipila
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: erysipelas /ˌɛrɪˈsɪpɪləs/ n - an acute streptococcal infectious disease of the skin, characterized by fever, headache, vomiting, and purplish raised lesions, esp on the face
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek erusipelas, from Greek erusi- red + -pelas skin |