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Definition of Erythema
1. Noun. Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation).
Generic synonyms: Erythroderma
Derivative terms: Erythematous
Definition of Erythema
1. n. A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
Definition of Erythema
1. Noun. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation. ¹
2. Noun. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erythema
1. a redness of the skin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Erythema
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythema
Literary usage of Erythema
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"The work of revising our outlook on erythema multiforme, purpura and urticaria was
... erythema nodosum is of particular interest because on its border lie ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"A variety of erythema attacking the face, commencing with a ... Patches of
erythema, that sometimes appear on the body in febrile diseases, ..."
3. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"erythema multiforme is an acute, ... and the following clinical forms are
recognized : erythema ... erythema tuberculatum or tuberosum ; erythema vesi- ..."
4. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"When not due to purely local causes, erythema is commonly symptomatic of some
... The VARIETIES of erythema admit of division into two kinds, which, ..."
5. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"The constitutional symptoms, when present, frequently abate upon the appearance
of the erythema. In extreme cases, however, the systemic disturbance may ..."
6. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"—erythema simplex is a hyperemic disorder exhibiting various shades of redness,
... Occasionally a lurid erythema of the axillary or inguinal region may ..."
7. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1909)
"erythema SIMPLEX. erythema simplex is a hyperemic cutaneous affection ...
The idiopathic variety is generally subdivided into the three groups of erythema ..."
8. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"The acute form includes erythema multiforme and nodosum, and is an acute infectious
... The form of erythema known as erythema nodosum begins with general ..."
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