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Definition: Impetigo |
ImpetigoNoun1. A very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Impetigo \Im`pe*ti"go\, noun. [Latin expression, from impetere to attack.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | 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. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Impetigo |
| English words defined with "impetigo": Impetiginous ♦ Sycosis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Impetigo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (impetigo), Danish (impetigo), Dutch (impetigo), German (impetigo), Portuguese (impetigo, impetuosity, scrum), Romanian (impetigo, ringworm), Serbo-Croatian (impetigo). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most GAS infections are relatively mild illnesses such as "strep throat," or impetigo. (references) | |
Glomerular disease sometimes develops rapidly after an infection in other parts of the body. Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) can occur after an episode of strep throat or, in rare cases, impetigo (skin infection). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Impetigo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impetigo" is used about 13 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% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
impetigo | 1,329 |
impetigo picture | 91 |
photo of impetigo | 20 |
impetigo treatment | 20 |
bullous impetigo | 12 |
impetigo symptom | 7 |
information on impetigo | 7 |
impetigo adult | 5 |
cause of impetigo | 4 |
image impetigo | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "impetigo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | impetigo, puçrra lëkure. (various references) | |
Arabic | الحصف داء جلدي يصيب الأطفال, الحصف داء جلدي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | импетиго, изрив (dartre, rash). (various references) | |
Czech | lišej (tetter). (various references) | |
Danish | impetigo. (various references) | |
Dutch | impetigo. (various references) | |
Farsi | قوباء اصفر(طب), زردزخم . (various references) | |
Finnish | impetigo, märkärupi. (various references) | |
French | impétigo. (various references) | |
German | eiterflechte, impetigo. (various references) | |
Greek | κηρίο (bougie, candle power, suppositorium, suppository, taper), έκζεμα προσώπου. (various references) | |
Hungarian | varasodás (scab), csecsemõ-ótvar. (various references) | |
Italian | impetigine. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impetigoay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | insensível (blind, callous, chill, cold blooded, cold-hearted, coldlivered, flint hearted, flinty, frozen chicken, hard, hard boiled, hard-hearted, immune, impassive, impervious, implant, indifferent, indolent, indolently, inhumane, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inswept, irresponsive, keen, laodicean, lukewarm, marble, seared, stony, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic), impetigo (impetuosity, scrum). (various references) | |
Romanian | impetigo (ringworm). (various references) | |
Russian | импетиго. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | impetigo, gnojavi ekcem. (various references) | |
Spanish | impétigo. (various references) | |
Turkish | iltihaplı isilik, empetigo. (various references) | |
Ukranian | імпетиго, лишай (herpes, lichen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inpetiginem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "impetigo": impetigos. (additional references) | |
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"Impetigo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impentigo, impetego, impetoygo, impitigo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "impetigo" (pronounced 'Im`pe*ti"go'): AErugo, Amigo, Arango, Argo, Bongo, Botargo, Bungo, Caligo, Camerlingo, Cargo, Cerago, Chimango, Colugo, Contango, Cundurango, Dago, Dingo, Drongo, Ego, Ergo, Eringo, Eryngo, Fandango, Farrago, Ferrugo, Fidalgo, flamingo, galago, Ginkgo, gringo, Hidalgo, Hogo, imago, Imbargo, intertrigo, jingo, lanugo, Largo, lentigo, lingo, lumbago, mango, Melligo, Non-ego, Pichiciago, plumbago, Pongo, Potargo, Prurigo, Rubigo, sago, Sargo, Sego, Serpigo, Solidago, sorgo, Squintifego, Stingo, Subimago, Suffrago, supercargo, tango, Tongo, Tschego, Virago, Vitiligo. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-m-o-p-t" | |
-2 letters: optime. | |
-3 letters: gemot, tempi, tempo. | |
-4 letters: emit, gimp, impi, item, mite, mope, mote, omit, poem, poet, pome, temp, time, tipi, tome, tope, topi. | |
-5 letters: ego, gem, get, gie, gip, git, got, imp, meg, met, mig, mog, mop, mot, ope, opt, peg, pet, pie, pig, pit, poi, pom, pot, teg, tie, tip, toe, tog, tom, top. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-m-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: impetigos. | |
+3 letters: epitomising, epitomizing, reimporting, temporising, temporizing. | |
+4 letters: impetiginous, impregnation, misreporting, pigmentation, premigration, primogenitor. | |
+5 letters: complimenting, computerising, computerizing, extemporising, extemporizing, impersonating, impregnations, physostigmine, pigmentations, predominating, premoistening, prenominating, primatologies, primogenitors, primogeniture, temporalizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 65 74 69 67 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100111 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p e t i g o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 0065 0074 0069 0067 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4379827186757381 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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