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erythemic

erythemic adjective: erythematous.

Adjective

erythemic (not comparable)

  1. Erythematous.
    • Scores were totaled for treatment groups of 4-8 pigs at each grading period and the percent of maximum erythemic response determined or the average erythemic score was determined.1977, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacological and biochemical properties of drug substances
    • Skin may be erythemic, lacerated, or bleeding, and encrustations may be seen on the skin, stoma, or old appliance (white sandpaper-textured particles).1998, Bonny L. Johnson, Jody Gross, Handbook of Oncology Nursing, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 537

Origin of erythemic

From erythema + -ic.

Questions about erythemic

What does erythemic mean?
Erythemic means erythematous.
What part of speech is erythemic?
Erythemic is an adjective.

Words near erythemic in the dictionary

  1. erythematotelangiectatic
  2. erythematous
  3. erythematously
  4. erythematovesicular
  5. erythemia
  6. erythemic
  7. erythemogenic
  8. erythermalgia
  9. erythorbate
  10. erythorbates
  11. erythorbic

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