exanthem

American  

[eg-zan-thuhm, ig-, ek-san-] / ɛgˈzæn θəm, ɪg-, ɛkˈsæn- /

noun

Pathology.

1. an eruptive disease, especially one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.

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Other Word Forms

• exanthematic
  adjective
• exanthematous
  adjective

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

Example Sentences

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exanthem

It has been assumed that this period of this disease is not to be looked upon as the stadium prodromorum, but as the period of the "exanthem of the mucous membrane."

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

None of these flash-light warnings of the oncoming exanthem are proportioned to the latter in the matter of extent and intensity of development.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In many, even the majority, of cases the exanthem is much less profusely developed, not more than a dozen or twenty vesicles springing from the surface.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

On the other hand, some maladies occurring in connection with this exanthem do not change its symptoms, but themselves undergo modification.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Aside from the trivial accidents to which the exanthem may be subject, the hemorrhagic types of variola may be regarded as necessarily grave and in a large proportion of cases inevitably fatal.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various