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erythrasma

erythrasma noun: a skin disease with brown, scaly skin patches, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum.

Noun

erythrasma (uncountable)

  1. A skin disease with brown, scaly skin patches, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum.

Questions about erythrasma

What does erythrasma mean?
Erythrasma means a skin disease with brown, scaly skin patches, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum.
What part of speech is erythrasma?
Erythrasma is a noun.

Words near erythrasma in the dictionary

  1. erythralgia
  2. erythrapheresis
  3. erythraric
  4. erythraric acid
  5. erythrartine
  6. erythrasma
  7. erythravine
  8. erythredema
  9. erythremia
  10. erythremias
  11. erythremomelalgia

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