Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for anthema. Search instead for synthema.

anthema

American  
[an-thee-muh, an-thuh-] / ænˈθi mə, ˈæn θə- /

noun

Pathology.

plural

anthemata, anthemas

  1. exanthema.

  2. an eruption of the skin.

Etymology

Origin of anthema

< Greek ánthēma efflorescence, equivalent to ánthē, verbid stem of antheîn to bloom ( antho- ) + -ma noun suffix of result

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.