serpigo
noun
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
serpiginous
-
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 is an eruption said to be serpiginous?
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 disease tends to spread, creeping over the skin with a serpiginous, crescentic, or horse-shoe margin, while the central portion may heal and leave a scar.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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 patch may consist, therefore, of small, discrete, punched-out ulcers, or of one or more continuous ulcers, segmented, crescentic or serpiginous in shape.
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
