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

This in its mildest form is catarrhal or erythematous, and is attended only by slight swelling tenderness and salivation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Blushing is an illustration of mental influence on the skin, and anything that would tend to make this endure for some time would give rise to erythematous conditions.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

With or without precursory symptoms of systemic disturbance, irregularly scattered blebs, few or in numbers, make their appearance, arising from erythematous spots or from apparently normal skin.

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