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exanthematous

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ex⋅an⋅them

  [eg-zan-thuhm, ig-, ek-san-]
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–noun Pathology.
an eruptive disease, esp. one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL exanthēma < Gk exánthēma skin eruption, breaking forth, lit., a bursting into flower, equiv. to ex- ex- 3 + anthē- (verbid s. of antheîn to blossom; see antho- ) + -ma n. suffix

Related forms:
ex⋅an⋅the⋅mat⋅ic  [eg-zan-thuh-mat-ik, ek-san-] , ex⋅an⋅them⋅a⋅tous  [eg-zan-them-uh-tuhs, ek-san-] , adjective
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·an·them
Pronunciation: eg-'zan(t)-th&m, 'ek-"san-"them
Variant: also ex·an·the·ma /"eg-"zan-'thE-m&/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ex·an·thems also ex·an·them·a·ta /"eg-"zan-'them-&t-&/ or -themas
: an eruptive disease (as measles) or its symptomatic eruption —ex·an·them·a·tous /"eg-"zan-'them-&t-&s/ or ex·an·the·mat·ic /-"zan-th&-'mat-ik/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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