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Definition of Exanthem

1. Noun. Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease.

Definition of Exanthem

1. n. Same as Exanthema.

Definition of Exanthem

1. Noun. A widespread rash usually occurring in children. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exanthem

1. a skin eruption [n -S]

Medical Definition of Exanthem

1. Exanthem, an eruptive disease or its symptomatic eruption. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Exanthem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Materia Medica (1877)
"The first time, the exanthem broke ont after "U grs. of quinine had been taken. ... The third time, the exanthem made its appearance after a dose of only ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"There is belonging to variola a well-marked prodromal exanthem. of i dark ... The exanthem occupies for the most part the backs of the hands and the upper ..."

3. Epidemiology and public health: a text and reference book for physicians by Victor Clarence Vaughan (1922)
"exanthem.—The cutaneous eruption generally begins on the face, along the border of the hair, extending down behind the ears and gradually spreading over the ..."

4. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological society of London (1907)
"ON AN ANOMALOUS exanthem: ROSALIA ... but more frequently in the young, in which we recognise an exanthem of the nature of which we have no defined ..."

5. Diseases of the Mouth: For Physicians, Dentists, Medical and Dental Students by Ferdinand Zinsser (1912)
"... exanthem of the Tongue Figure 34.—Lichen Ruber Planus of the Buccal Mucous Membrane ... exanthem ..."

6. The Treatment of syphilis with subcutaneous sublimate injections by Georg Richard Lewin (1872)
"... exanthem. and being also interrupted by a persistent cough. He contracted a hard ulcer in 1856, and mercurial pills were prescribed, he faithfully ..."

7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The general acceptation of exanthem is, however, a more or less vivid, ... Relating or appertaining to exanthem, as " an exanthemata«» eruption," (F.) ..."

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