亚洲网紅露点

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erysipelas

[ er-uh-sip-uh-luhs, eer-uh- ]

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.


erysipelas

/ 藢蓻r瑟藞s瑟p瑟l蓹s; 藢蓻r瑟s瑟藞p蓻l蓹t蓹s /

noun

  1. an acute streptococcal infectious disease of the skin, characterized by fever, headache, vomiting, and purplish raised lesions, esp on the face Also calledSaint Anthony's fire
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • erysipelatous, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别谤路测路蝉颈路辫别濒路补路迟辞耻蝉 [er-, uh, -si-, pel, -, uh, -t, uh, s, eer-], adjective
  • pseu路do路别谤路测路蝉颈路辫别濒路补路迟辞耻蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of erysipelas1

1350鈥1400; Middle English erisipila < Latin erysipelas < Greek, equivalent to erysi- (probably akin to 别谤测迟丑谤贸蝉 red) + -pelas probably skin (akin to 辫茅濒尘补 sole of the foot; compare Latin pellis skin)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of erysipelas1

C16: from Latin, from Greek erusipelas, from Greek erusi- red + -pelas skin
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In an interview with newspaper O Globo, Vice President Hamilton Mour茫o chalked up Bolsonaro鈥檚 absence to erysipelas, a skin infection on his legs that he said prevents the president from wearing pants.

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Seemingly unfazed by the stage lights and television cameras, one gifted adolescent after the next approached the microphone on Thursday night and without a hint of timidity correctly spelled daunting words like 鈥渆rysipelas鈥 and 鈥渁iguillette.鈥

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There were quite a few tough medical terms in there too - including erysipelas, an infection that causes red rashes on the skin, and geeldikkop, a type of plant poisoning that can affect sheep.

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