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er⋅y⋅sip⋅e⋅las

  [er-uh-sip-uh-luhs, eer-uh-]
–noun
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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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: swine erysipelas
Function: noun
: a destructive contagious disease of various mammals and birds that is caused by a bacterium of the genusErysipelothrix (E. rhusiopathiae), that may occur in an acute highly fatal septicemic form or take a chronic course marked by endocarditis, arthritis, or hives, and that is of especiallyeconomic importance in swine and domesticated turkeys called also erysipelas
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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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