serpigo
noun
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
serpiginous
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a word derived from
serpigo.
Example Sentences
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The larvae migrate in tortuous tunnels between the stratum basale and stratum corneum of the skin, causing serpiginous vesicular lesions.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2019
When the eruption spreads at the border, clearing up at the older part; as, for instance, in the serpiginous syphiloderm.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The ulcers have seldom the typically rounded or serpiginous outline of gummatous ulcers on other parts of the body.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Bed-sores in sacral region developed during the first two days, and seventeen days later well-developed serpiginous trophic sores developed on the outer side of each leg and continued to increase slowly until death.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
There are usually several such ulcers together, and as they tend to heal at one part while they spread at another, the affected area assumes a sinuous or serpiginous outline.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
