Dictionary

erysipelas en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/ (General-American)
• /ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.ləs/ (General-American)
• /ˌɪɹ.əˈsɪp.ləs/ (General-American)
• /ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English erisipila, borrowed from Latin erysipelas, from Ancient Greek ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς (erŭsĭ́pelăs), probably related to ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”) and πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “the sole of a foot”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.
   • The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness. 1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, “Erysipelas During Parturition”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet, volume II, number 2709, London: John James Croft, […

Forms

Deriveds

erysipeloid · antierysipelas · pseudoerysipelas · erysipelatous · erysipelatoid

Relateds

erythema

Translations (54)

ro brâncă (acute febrile disease) · hy կարմիր քամի (acute febrile disease) · sh врбанац (acute febrile disease) · hu orbánc (acute febrile disease) · ga ruachtach (acute febrile disease) · ga an rua (acute febrile disease) · ru ро́жа (acute febrile disease) · my အနာမီးအနာလျှံ (acute febrile disease) · cmn 丹毒 (acute febrile disease) · de Rotlauf (acute febrile disease) · id erisipelas (acute febrile disease) · fr érysipèle (acute febrile disease) · ga tine dhia (acute febrile disease) · ga arasaipil (acute febrile disease) · tr yılancık (acute febrile disease) · th ไฟลามทุ่ง (acute febrile disease) · fi ruusu (acute febrile disease) · it risipola (acute febrile disease) · de Erysipel (acute febrile disease) · fa ایرزیپلاس (acute febrile disease) · kk тілме (acute febrile disease) · sv rosfeber (acute febrile disease) · de Rose (acute febrile disease) · grc ἐρυσίπελας (acute febrile disease) · ca erisipela (acute febrile disease) · nrf résipele (acute febrile disease) · sh crvènica (acute febrile disease) · sh јарболац (acute febrile disease) · la serpēdo (acute febrile disease) · ml എറിസിപ്പെലസ് (acute febrile disease) · ja 丹毒 (acute febrile disease) · de Wundrose (acute febrile disease) · sh ветар (acute febrile disease) · az qızıl yel xəstəliyi (acute febrile disease) · sh brnka (acute febrile disease) · ota ییلانجق (acute febrile disease) · sh crveni vetar (acute febrile disease) · sh jarbolac (acute febrile disease) · pl róża (acute febrile disease) · sh vetar (acute febrile disease) · sh црвени ветар (acute febrile disease) · es erisipela (acute febrile disease) · eo erizipelo (acute febrile disease) · ro оrbált (acute febrile disease) · ko 단독 (acute febrile disease) · sk erysipelas (acute febrile disease) · cs růže (acute febrile disease) · sh vrbanac (acute febrile disease) · sh брнка (acute febrile disease) · sh црвѐница (acute febrile disease) · sk ruža (acute febrile disease) · pt erisipela (acute febrile disease) · he שושנה (acute febrile disease) · el ερυσίπελας (acute febrile disease)