exanthem

American  

[eg-zan-thuhm, ig-, ek-san-] / ɛgˈzæn θəm, ɪg-, ɛkˈsæn- /

noun

Pathology.

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• exanthematic
  adjective
• exanthematous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of exanthem

1650–60; < Late Latin exanthēma < Greek exánthēma skin eruption, breaking forth, literally, a bursting into flower, equivalent to ex- ex- ³ + anthē- (verbid stem of antheîn to blossom; see antho-) + -ma noun suffix

Example Sentences

Evanescent rashes, which have nothing in common with the specific exanthem, are sometimes observed at this period.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In exceptional instances the intensity of the poison is such that the system fails to rally before the violence of the onset, and a fatal result ensues before the characteristic exanthem appears upon the skin.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Manifestly, the exanthem is exudative in type, the serum in circumscribed areas lifting the superficial layer of the epidermis from the deeper parts of the derm.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various