IMPETIGO
\ɪmpˈɛtɪɡˌə͡ʊ], \ɪmpˈɛtɪɡˌəʊ], \ɪ_m_p_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_ɡ_ˌəʊ]\
Definitions of IMPETIGO
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.
By Oddity Software
-
A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.
By Noah Webster.
-
A common superficial bacterial infection caused by STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS or group A beta-hemolytic streptococci. Characteristics include pustular lesions that rupture and discharge a thin, amber-colored fluid that dries and forms a crust. This condition is commonly located on the face, especially about the mouth and nose.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
-
A word used in various acceptations. With some writers it is synonymous with itch. In others, it means a variety of herpes. Sauvages employs it as a generic term, under which he comprises syphilis, scorbutus, rachitis, elephantiasis, the itch, tinea, scrofula, etc. It forms, also, a genus in the class Cachexiae of Cullen. In Bateman, it is the first genus of the 5th order, Pustulae, and is defined- the humid or running tetter; consistirg of small pustules, denominated Psydracia, It is unaccompanied by fever; not contagious, or communicable by inoculation. He has five species: - the I. figura'ta, I. sparsa, I. erysipelato'des, I. scab'ida, and I. rodens. See Psoriasis.
By Robley Dunglison
-
A skin-disease characterized by isolated pustules.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.