Word.ws English Dictionary

erysipelas

/ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/US/ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/

erysipelas noun: 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.

Noun

erysipelas (countable and uncountable, plural erysipelases)

  1. 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 uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, “Erysipelas During Parturition”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet, volume II, number 2709, London: John James Croft, […

erysipelas meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian

erysipelas in Tamil

செஞ்சருமம்

erysipelas in Malayalam

acute febrile disease
എറിസിപ്പെലസ് eṟisippelasŭ

erysipelas in Kannada

ವಿಸರ್ಪ

erysipelas in Indonesian

acute febrile disease
erisipelas
More languagesFewer languages
erysipelas in Persian
ایرزیپلاس
erysipelas in Thai
ไฟลามทุ่ง fai-laam-tûng
erysipelas in Myanmar
အနာမီးအနာလျှံ a.nami:a.nahlyam

Forms of erysipelas

pluralerysipelases
alternative formerisypelas

Origin of erysipelas

From Middle English erisipila, borrowed from Latin erysipelas, from Ancient Greek ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς (erŭsĭ́pelăs), probably related to ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”) and πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “the sole of a foot”).

Words formed from erysipelas

Questions about erysipelas

What does erysipelas mean?
Erysipelas means 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.
What is erysipelas in Tamil?
Erysipelas in Tamil is செஞ்சருமம். See Erysipelas meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is erysipelas?
Erysipelas is a noun.
How do you pronounce erysipelas?
Erysipelas is pronounced /ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/ (UK).
What is the plural of erysipelas?
The plural of erysipelas is erysipelases.

Words near erysipelas in the dictionary

  1. erysenegalensein
  2. erysimoside
  3. erysimosol
  4. erysimum
  5. erysimums
  6. erysipelas
  7. erysipelases
  8. erysipelatoid
  9. erysipelatous
  10. erysipeloid
  11. erysipelous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: erysipelas (page history and authors); erysipelas (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erysipelas (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-erysipelas.wav.

Cite this entry: “erysipelas.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/erysipelas. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.