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Definition of Serpigo
1. n. A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
Definition of Serpigo
1. Noun. (archaic) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serpigo
1. a spreading skin eruption [n -GOS or -GOES or -GINES]
Medical Definition of Serpigo
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Serpigo
Literary usage of Serpigo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare as a Physician: Comprising Every Word which in Any Way Relates by Jesse Portman Chesney (1884)
"serpigo" is an affection of the skin of the " tetter " family,— sometimes seemingly
related more closely to the " herpetic" group; it is mentioned in ..."
2. Elements of Homoeopathic Practice of Physic by Joseph Laurie (1852)
"Herpes serpigo. This affection generally occurs in children. It has been considered
contagious from the circumstance of several children ..."
3. John Webster: The Periods of His Work As Determined by His Relations to the by Elmer Edgar Stoll (1905)
"... heartily-leagued," — and II, 2,62 f; also II, 2, 66-67, "The serpigo, the
strangury, ... Strangury, serpigo, priapism never occur in Webster. ..."
4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"It is also made an emblem, in Arch. Simeon's Hieroglyphica, p. 95. serpigo, s.
A kind of tetter, or dry eruption on the skin ; from serpo, Latin, ..."
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