exanthem
Americannoun
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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
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In some cases the temperature is increased by one or two degrees upon the appearance of the exanthem, and often a febrile movement of moderate grade may persist for forty-eight hours or somewhat longer.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
This rule is not invariable, however, for sometimes the fever is higher soon after the eruption appears, and has fallen when the exanthem has reached its highest point.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The exanthem has also a dull scarlet color or the boiled lobster hue, differing thus from the rosy-red and shining patch of erysipelas.
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
The initial lesions of the exanthem are dense and deeply-set papules, so closely coherent even at this moment that they scarcely leave between them interspaces of sound skin.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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