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er⋅y⋅sip⋅e⋅las

  [er-uh-sip-uh-luhs, eer-uh-]
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1. Pathology. an acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.
2. Also called swine erysipelas. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of swine, caused by the organism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, characterized by urticaria, vegetative endocarditis, arthritis, and sometimes septicemia.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME erisipila < L erysipelas < Gk, equiv. to erysi- (prob. akin to erythrós red) + -pelas prob. skin (akin to pélma sole of the foot; cf. L pellis skin)

Related forms:
er⋅y⋅si⋅pel⋅a⋅tous  [er-uh-si-pel-uh-tuhs, eer-] , adjective
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er·y·sip·e·las   (ěr'ĭ-sĭp'ə-ləs, îr'-)   
n.  An acute disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by a species of hemolytic streptococcus and marked by localized inflammation and fever. Also called Saint Anthony's fire.

[Middle English erisipila, from Latin erysipelas, from Greek erusipelas : erusi-, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots + -pelas, skin; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
er'y·si·pel'a·tous (-sĭ-pěl'ə-təs) adj.
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erysipelas 
1398, skin disease also known as St. Anthony's Fire, from Gk. erysipelas, perhaps from erythros "red" + pella "skin." Erythros is cognate with L. ruber, rufus, Goth. rauþs, O.E. read from the PIE base for "red" (see red); the initial -e- is because Gk. tends to avoid beginning words with -r-.
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Main Entry: er·y·sip·e·las
Pronunciation: "er-&-'sip-(&-)l&s, "ir-
Function: noun
1 : an acute febriledisease that is associated with intense often vesicular and edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues and that is caused by a hemolytic streptococcus
2 : SWINE ERYSIPELAS —used especially when the disease affects other hosts than swine

Main Entry: er·y·si·pel·a·tous
Pronunciation: "er-&-si-'pel-&t-&s, "ir-
Function: adjective
1 : of orrelating to erysipelas
2 : ERYSIPELOID
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erysipelas er·y·sip·e·las (ěr'ĭ-sĭp'ə-ləs, ēr'-)
n.
An acute disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by a hemolytic bacterium and marked by localized inflammation and fever. Also called Saint Anthony's fire.

er'y·si·pel'a·tous (-sĭ-pěl'ə-təs) adj.

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