English Explanatory Dictionary

erysipeloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling erysipelas.
noun
  1. A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.
  2. A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.

Word forms

erysipeloid erysipeloids

Etymology

From erysipelas + -oid.

Synonyms

fish poisoning carcinoma erysipeloides

Derived words

erysipeloid of Rosenbach
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