exanthem
noun
an eruptive disease, especially one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.
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White speaks of a case of exanthematous eruption similar to that of ivy-poison in mother and child, which was apparently caused by playing with and burning the toy called "Pharaoh's serpent egg."
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
Scarlet fever is an exanthematous form of disease distinguished by a scarlet eruption of the skin.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann
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
Measles or Rubeola is an exanthematous or eruptive contagious form of children's disease.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann
