erythematous

American  

[er-uh-them-uh-tuhs, ‑-thee-muh‑] / ˌɛr əˈθɛm ə təs, ‑ˈθi mə‑ /

Rarely erythematic

adjective

Pathology.

1. abnormally inflamed or reddened.

   Clinical signs include the presence of dry, fissured lips and a coated, erythematous, and fissured tongue.

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Etymology

Origin of erythematous

First recorded in 1770–80; erythemat- (stem of erythema ( def. ) ) + -ous ( def. )

Example Sentences

But more significantly, another joke at singer Seal’s expense was not about his race — it was about his FACE, which is scarred by a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematous.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2016

“Their appearance meant blood vessels had broken in those areas. Over the next couple of days, the rash would progress until the spots coalesced into generalized, large red erythematous rash from head to toe.”

From Time • Jul. 21, 2015

The skin becomes covered with an erythematous blush, on which numerous tiny vesicles form.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

It is characterized by cutaneous symptoms, at first upon exposed parts, of an erythematous, desquamative, vesicular and bullous character, and by general constitutional disturbance of a markedly neurotic type.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Sometimes the skin shows erythematous and purpuric rashes, and the patient may cry out as in meningitis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis