erythema

English

An erythema

Etymology

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From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”)

Noun

erythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Derived terms

• erythema ab igne
• erythema migrans

Related terms

• erythemogenic
• erythrocyte
• erythrophobia
• erythronium
• ulerythema

Translations

abnormal redness

• Czech: erytém m
• French: érythème (fr) m
• German: Erythem (de) n
• Italian: eritema (it) m
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• Korean: 홍반 (hongban)
• Occitan: eritèma m
• Russian: эритема (ru) (eritema)

redness from sunburn

• Italian: eritema solare m
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See also

• erythema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “erythema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “erythema”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.