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

Derived 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

According to Thomas, the disease at times immediately follows the exanthem, and reaches a fatal issue in a few days or weeks.

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

Manifestly, the exanthem is exudative in type, the serum in circumscribed areas lifting the superficial layer of the epidermis from the deeper parts of the derm.

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

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

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

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