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impetigo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmpɪˈtaɪɡəʊ/ (UK)
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• /ɪmpəˈtaɪɡoʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

Forms

Relateds

impetiginous · impetigenous

Synonyms

school sores

Translations (34)

fo rivja (contagious bacterial skin disease) · pon kilin kidi (contagious bacterial skin disease) · fr impétigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · hu ótvar (contagious bacterial skin disease) · it impetigine (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ru импети́го (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ik kiḷḷiġruaq (contagious bacterial skin disease) · la inpetīgō (contagious bacterial skin disease) · la impetīgō (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Schleppeiter (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ru парша́ (contagious bacterial skin disease) · nl impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · fi märkärupi (contagious bacterial skin disease) · fa بریون (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ja 膿痂疹 (contagious bacterial skin disease) · fr gourme (contagious bacterial skin disease) · pt impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Schmierflechte (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Schleppscheiße (contagious bacterial skin disease) · es impétigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · vi chốc lở (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Blasengrind (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Eitergrind (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ru стрептодерми́я (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Eiterflechte (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Schleppscheisse (contagious bacterial skin disease) · pl liszajec (contagious bacterial skin disease) · de Schleppe (contagious bacterial skin disease) · sk impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease) · cmn 膿痂疹 /脓痂疹 (contagious bacterial skin disease) · cmn 膿皰瘡 /脓疱疮 (contagious bacterial skin disease) · ca impetigen (contagious bacterial skin disease) · cs impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)