erysipelas
noun
an acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.
erysipelatous
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a word derived from
erysipelas.
Example Sentences
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Primula obconica is another plant which, when handled, gives rise to an acute dermatitis of an erysipelatous character.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
It has been abundantly proved that such diseases as the parasitic, tuberculous, erysipelatous, and foot and mouth diseases are most certainly communicable to man by infected flesh.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
It is particularly rheumatic, catarrhal, erysipelatous, and œdematous ophthalmia, which is most rapidly, easily, and safely cured by Apis, no matter what part of the eye may be the seat of the disease.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by C. W. Wolf
Orth took the contents of a vesicle from an erysipelatous patient which contained bacteria in great abundance, and employed the same for injections under the skin of rabbits.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Where the erysipelatous process was fresh and progressing micrococci were found in great abundance in the lymphatics and canalicular spaces.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
