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erysipeloid en · ADJ

Etymology

From erysipelas + -oid.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Resembling erysipelas.
   • The diffuse phlebitis is an erysipeloid form of the disease, often running for a considerable distance along the coat of the vein, which becomes thickened, pulpy, and red, without adhesions forming, or the blood coagulating; indeed, in these cases there appears to be a great want of plasticity in this fluid. 1860, John Erichsen, The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases, and Operations, Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, page 468:

erysipeloid en · NOUN

Etymology

From erysipelas + -oid.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.
2. (countable) A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.

Forms

Deriveds

erysipeloid of Rosenbach

Synonyms

fish poisoning · carcinoma erysipeloides

Translations (1)

pl różyca (mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae)