Erythema Definition

ĕrə-thēmə
noun
An abnormal redness of the skin caused by various agents, as sunlight, drugs, etc., that irritate and congest the capillaries.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Erythema

Noun

Singular:
erythema
Plural:
erythemas, erythemata

Origin of Erythema

  • Greek eruthēma from eruthainein to redden, be red from eruthros red reudh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erythema, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ..., from ἐρυθρός (erythrós, “red”)

    From Wiktionary

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