erysipeloid
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Is erysipeloid a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (medicine) Resembling erysipelas.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."not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (pathology, usually uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.Synonyms: fish poisoninguncountableusually
2. (medicine, countable) A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.Synonyms: carcinoma erysipeloidescountable
Definition source: Wiktionary