Exanthema Definition
ĕgzăn-thēmə
exanthemas, exanthemata, exanthems
noun
exanthemata
A skin eruption accompanying certain infectious diseases.
American Heritage Medicine
A disease, such as measles or scarlet fever, accompanied by a skin eruption.
American Heritage Medicine
Alternative spelling of exanthem.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- skin-eruption
- exanthem
Other Word Forms of Exanthema
Noun
Singular:
exanthema
Plural:
exanthemas, exanthemataOrigin of Exanthema
Late Latin exanthēma from Greek eruption from exanthein to burst forth ex- ex- anthein to blossom (from anthos flower)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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