Erysipeloid
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas. uncountable, usually
- 2 A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas. countable
- 1 Resembling erysipelas. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From erysipelas + -oid.
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