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Definition: Erythema |
ErythemaNoun1. Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Erythema \Er`y*the"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to redden, from 'eryqro`s red.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | A reddening of the skin due to capillary dilation.Several forms of erythema can be caused by undue exposure of the human body to weather elements. The most common is sunburn. (references) |
Medicine | Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries, which may result from a variety of causes, the etiology or a specific type of lesion often being indicated by a modifying term. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Erythema |
| English words defined with "erythema": Alpine scurvy ♦ erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, erythema nodosum leprosum, erythema solare, Erythematic, erythematous ♦ maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism ♦ pellagra ♦ Saint Ignatius' itch ♦ toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "erythema": Angioneurotic Edema ♦ Bloom Syndrome, BLUSH ♦ Dermatitis, Seborrheic ♦ Epidermal Necrolysis, Toxic, erythema dose, Erythema Induratum, Erythema Infectiosum, erythema nodosum Hebra ♦ Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid ♦ Parvovirus B19, Human, Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch ♦ Skin Diseases, Eczematous, Skin Diseases, Vascular, skin erythema, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Sunscreening Agents, Sweet's Syndrome. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Erythema" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Danish (erythema). |
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 | Usually, erythema nodosum is a secondary sequela of another disease process, or due to a drug hypersensitivity reaction that manifests itself as tender red bumps on the skin.Credit: CDC. |  | Erythema multiforme, lip.Credit: CDC. |
 | Here the GBS bacteria have entered the blood stream and migrated to the subcutaneous tissues of the right elbow causing localized erythema and edema.Credit: CDC. |  | Usually, erythema nodosum is a secondary sequela of another disease process, or due to a drug hypersensitivity reaction that manifests itself as tender red bumps on the skin.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | It is not protective against UVB erythema. (references) | |
In most cases, erythema nodosum resolves spontaneously within a month. (references) | ||
On colonoscopy, petechiae, aphthous ulcers and erythema may be observed. (references) | ||
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| "Erythema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Erythema" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "erythema": Erythema Chronicum Migrans ♦ erythema dose ♦ Erythema Induratum ♦ Erythema Infectiosum ♦ Erythema Multiforme ♦ Erythema nodosum ♦ erythema nodosum Hebra ♦ erythema nodosum leprosum ♦ erythema solare ♦ skin erythema. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "erythema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | eritemë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمامي (columbine), الحمامي التهاب جلدي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | зачервяване (incarnation), еритема. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 癜 (cancer, carcinoma, leucoderm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kožní nemoc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | erythematøst udslet (erythematous eruption, skin erythema), erythema, erythem (erythematous eruption, skin erythema), solbrændthed, hudrødme (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | erytheem (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | eryteema (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | érythème (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erythem (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηλιακό ερύθημα, ερύθημα (erythematous eruption, skin erythema), ερυθηματικό εξάνθημα (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | א"ממת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bõrvörösség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eritema (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 紅斑 (red spots). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うは" (comprehensive, deck, extensive, mimeograph, public hearing, red spots, second half, steel plate, steel sheet, trial, wide, wide-ranging, widespread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erythemaay eritema (erythematous eruption, erythromycin, skin erythema). (various references) эритема. (various references) eritem. (various references) eritema (erythematous eruption, skin erythema), ericema. (various references) erytem (erythematous eruption, skin erythema), solbränna (solar dermatitis, solar dermitis, sunburn, suntan, tan), LAT: Erythema solare, hudrodnad (erythematous eruption, skin erythema). (various references) การเป็นผื่นแ"งของผิวหนังเนื่องจากมีไข้และติ"เชื้อ. (various references) kızartı (rush, suffusion), kızarıklık (blotch, chilblain, rush), iltihaptan kızarma. (various references) еритема. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | erythema solare. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "erythema": erythemas, erythematous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "erythema" (pronounced 'Er`y*the"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Diastema, Diatryma, Digamma, Dilemma, Diorama, Diploma, Dogma, Drachma, Drama, Ecphonema, Ecthyma, Edriophthalma, Emphysema, Empyema, Empyreuma, Encauma, Enchondroma, Enchylemma, Endophragma, Endoplasma, Enigma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-m-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: thermae. | |
-2 letters: aether, earthy, eatery, hareem, hearty, heater, hereat, hermae, reheat, remate, reteam, therme. | |
-3 letters: ameer, arete, armet, earth, eater, emery, ether, etyma, harem, hater, hayer, heart, herma, mater, matey, meaty, meter, metre, ramee, ramet, rathe, rehem, remet, retem, rhyme, rhyta, tamer, teary, tharm, theme, there, therm, three, thyme, tryma. | |
-4 letters: aery, ahem, army. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-m-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: erythemas, hemelytra. | |
+2 letters: erythremia, heterogamy. | |
+3 letters: erythremias, eurythermal, heartsomely, hemihydrate, hymenoptera, hypermarket, tetrahymena. | |
+4 letters: aerenchymata, bathymetries, cephalometry, chemotherapy, dermatophyte, ephemerality, erythematous, exothermally, geothermally, hemihydrated, hemihydrates, hermetically, heterogamety, hymenopteran, hypermarkets, hypermutable, hyperthermia, methacrylate, tetrahymenas. | |
+5 letters: dermatophytes, hemacytometer, hymenopterans, hypermetrical, hypermetropia, hyperthermias, methacrylates, pyrimethamine, spermatophyte. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 79 74 68 65 6D 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. -.--. - .... . -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01111001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r y t h e m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0079 0074 0068 0065 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3984918674717967 |
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