erysipelas

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρυσίπελας (erusípelas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɹɪˈsɪpələs/

Noun

erysipelas (usually uncountable, plural erysipelases)

1. (pathology) A severe skin disease caused by streptococcus infection in surface and surrounding tissue, marked by continued spreading inflammation.
   • 1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, “[Notes, Short Comments, and Answers to Correspondents.] Erysipelas during Parturition.”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, Chemistry, Public Health, Criticism, and News, volume II, number 2709, London: Published by John James Croft, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 187, column 2:

     The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.

Translations

severe skin disease

• Armenian: կարմիր քամի (karmir kʻami)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹毒 (zh) (dāndú)

• Czech: růže (cs) f
• Esperanto: erizipelo
• Finnish: ruusu (fi)
• French: érysipèle (fr) m
• German: Erysipel n, Rotlauf m, Rose (de) f, Wundrose f
• Greek: ερυσίπελας (el) n (erysípelas)

  Ancient: ἐρυσίπελας n (erusípelas)

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• Hebrew: שושנה (he)
• Hungarian: orbánc (hu)
• Irish: arasaipil m, ruachtach f, an rua (ga) f, tine dhia f
• Italian: risipola f
• Japanese: 丹毒 (tandoku)
• Latin: serpēdo f
• Norman: résipele f (Jersey)
• Romanian: brâncă (ro) f, оrbált n
• Russian: ро́жа (ru) f (róža)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ветар m, црвени ветар m, црвѐница f, јарболац m, врбанац m, брнка f

  Latin: vetar (sh) m, crveni vetar (sh) m, crvènica (sh) f, jarbolac (sh) m, vrbanac (sh) m, brnka (sh) f

• Swedish: rosfeber c
• Thai: ไฟลามทุ่ง (fai-laam-tûng)