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EXANTHEMA

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ex⋅an⋅the⋅ma

  [eg-zan-thee-muh, ek-san-]
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–noun, plural -the⋅ma⋅ta  [-them-uh-tuh, -thee-muh-] , -the⋅mas.
exanthem.
Origin:
1650–60
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ex·an·the·ma   (ěg'zān-thē'mə)   
n.   pl. ex·an·them·a·ta (-thěm'ə-tə) or ex·an·the·mas also ex·an·thems

  1. A skin eruption accompanying certain infectious diseases.

  2. A disease, such as measles or scarlet fever, accompanied by a skin eruption.


[Late Latin exanthēma, from Greek, eruption, from exanthein, to burst forth : ex-, ex- + anthein, to blossom (from anthos, flower).]
ex·an'the·mat'ic (ĭg-zān'thə-māt'ĭk), ex'an·them'a·tous (ěg'zān-thěm'ə-təs) adj.
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exanthema ex·an·the·ma (ěg'zān-thē'mə) or ex·an·them (ĭg-zān'thəm)
n.

  1. A skin eruption occurring as a symptom of an acute viral or coccal disease.

  2. A disease, such as measles or scarlet fever, accompanied by a skin eruption.

ex·an'the·mat'ic (ĭg-zān'-thə-māt'ĭk) or ex'an·them'a·tous (ěg'zān-thěm'ə-təs) adj.

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