Definitions for erysipelas

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erysipelas er·y·sip·e·las

Spelling: [er-uh-sip-uh-luh s, eer-uh<

IPA: /ˌɛr əˈsɪp ə ləs, ˌɪər ə-/

Erysipelas is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 767 anagrams from letters in erysipelas (aeeilprssy).

Definitions for erysipelas

noun

1. Pathology. an acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.
2. Also called swine erysipelas. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of swine, caused by the organism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, characterized by urticaria, vegetative endocarditis, arthritis, and sometimes septicemia.

Origin of erysipelas

1350-1400; Middle English erisipila Latin erysipelas Greek, equivalent to erysi- (probably akin to erythrós red) + -pelas probably skin (akin to pélma sole of the foot; compare Latin pellis s

Examples for erysipelas

He was threatened with erysipelas, but, fortunately, recovered.

We have erysipelas, fever and gangrene, and the Russian wounded are the worst.

Mete-afluing (Aelfric), atrophy.Wylde-fyr (wildfire) (Aelfric), erysipelas.

It is essentially the same condition as a mild form of erysipelas.

erysipelas, that terrible malady of the Middle Ages, consumed her.

He also found five which he thinks were independent of erysipelas.

His injuries about the head are so severe the doctors are in dread of erysipelas.'

erysipelas had inflamed her wounds, and endangered her life.

One is so afraid of erysipelas with a wound of that kind; and it would be—fatal.

erysipelas in pregnancy is rare, but not infrequent after delivery.