OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24561

erysipelas

/ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
erisipela
An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.
The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the ut…
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