Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.

    Erythem

    эритемаeritema

    ерите́маerytéma

    abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)

  2. (countable, uncountable)Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Take her diapers off or she will have an erythema.

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Translations

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Origin

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)..

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Forms

plural: erythemas / erythemata
Singularerythema
Pluralerythemas / erythemata

regular

Word family

15 related words
RelatedrashB2erysipelaserythemogenicerythrocyteerythroniumerythrophobiaulerythemahyperemiaplethoraerythematous
Derivederythema infectiosumerythemalerythema migranserythema nodosumerythemic

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

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