exanthem
noun
an eruptive disease, especially one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.
Example Sentences
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At this time an exanthematous eruption appears upon the upper part of the body, the face, neck, breast, and shoulders, which in the course of two days extends over the whole body.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The anatomy of the exanthematous lesions in hemorrhagic variola is not different from that described above.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The virus is probably similar to that of other exanthematous fevers and communicated by an intermediary culex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
They belong to the exanthematous class, and comprise roseola, erythema, urticaria, and rarely vesicular eruptions.37 But, instead of them, there may occur destructive tissue-lesions in the form of abscesses or ulcers.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
No traces of the exanthematous disorders met our observation.
From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Henry Morley
