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erysipelases

erysipelases is the plural of erysipelas.

Meaning of erysipelas

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, […

Questions about erysipelases

What is erysipelases the plural of?
Erysipelases is the plural of erysipelas.

Words near erysipelases in the dictionary

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

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