Definition of Erythematous

1. Adjective. Relating to or characterized by erythema.

Partainyms: Erythema
Derivative terms: Erythema

Definition of Erythematous

1. a. Relating to, or causing, erythema.

Definition of Erythematous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to erythema. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erythematous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Erythematous

1. Relating to, or causing, erythema. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythematous

erythema paratrimma
erythema pernio
erythema perstans
erythema polymorphe
erythema simplex
erythema solare
erythema threshold
erythema toxicum
erythema toxicum neonatorum
erythema tuberculatum
erythemal
erythemas
erythemata
erythematic
erythematosus
erythematous (current term)
erythematous syphilid
erythematously
erythematovesicular
erythemic
erythermalgia
erythorbate
erythorbates
erythorbic acid
erythr-
erythrabyssin
erythraemia
erythraemic myelosis
erythralgia
erythraric

Literary usage of Erythematous

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.) (1907)
"Four years before the patient had been admitted to Kaposi's clinic with a diagnosis of erythematous lupus, and had been treated widi more or less success by ..."

2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1903)
"erythematous zones also appeared on the flexure aspects of each wrist, and the extensor aspects of each elbow, and upon all points where pressure was ..."

3. The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1883)
"... erythematous patches, papules and postules associated, but they are related to each other in the develo]1 of one inflammatory process, and they have a ..."

4. An Introduction to dermatology by Norman Purvis Walker (1905)
"erythematous Eczema.—Here the skin is reddened and swollen, ... Many cases of erythematous eczema of the face are due to the action of some irritant. ..."

5. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"Not infrequent; erythematous; observed in 6 out of 20 fever patients to whom this ... Exceptional; punctate erythematous, with vesicles, and with redness of ..."

6. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"erythematous Eczema.—In the uncomplicated erythematous type the lesions consist of dry, pinkish or reddish, ill-defined patches, with more or less ..."

7. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1869)
"... alluded in speaking of hyperaemia of the skin, when allowed to act with greater intensity and for a longer time, give rise to erythematous inflammation. ..."

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