ecthyma

American

[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.

ecthyma British

/ ˈɛkθɪmə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

ecthymatous adjective

Etymology

Origin of ecthyma

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

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Ecthyma, ek-thī′ma, n. a pustular disease of the skin, in which the pustules often reach the size of a pea, and have a red, slightly elevated, hardish base.

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From eczema, pemphigus, and ecthyma.

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How would you differentiate the large flat-pustular syphiloderm from ecthyma?

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From what diseases is ecthyma to be differentiated?

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Give a descriptive definition of ecthyma.

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