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Impetigo

//ɪmpəˈtaɪɡoʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode wordnet

Etymology

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

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