exanthema

American  

[eg-zan-thee-muh, ek-san-] / ˌɛg zænˈθi mə, ˌɛk sæn- /

noun

plural

exanthemata, exanthemas

1. exanthem.

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exanthema British  

/ ɛkˈsænθəm, ˌɛksænˈθɛmətəs, ɛkˌsænθɪˈmætɪk, ˌɛksænˈθiːmə /

noun

1. a skin eruption or rash occurring as a symptom in a disease such as measles or scarlet fever

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Other Word Forms

• exanthematous adjective

Etymology

Origin of exanthema

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

R�theln may be called a disease of childhood for the same reason that the other contagious exanthemata are—namely, that the majority of adults have already been attacked.

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Even the exanthemata may cause degenerations in the arteries, but, as has been shown, such lesions probably heal completely with no resulting damage to the vessel.

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In certain conditions, particularly in acute exanthemata, and in the various forms of the hæmorrhagic diathesis, the clotting time is distinctly increased, or indeed clotting may remain in abeyance.

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Absorption of Callus.—It sometimes happens that when an acute infective disease, especially one of the exanthemata, supervenes while a fracture is undergoing repair, the callus which has formed becomes softened and is absorbed.

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Several times we observed a faint icteric coloring and in some cases the appearance on neck and breast of an exanthema resembling measles.

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