erysipelas noun. [ɛrɪ'sɪpɪlǝs] LME.
[Latin from Greek erusipelas, perh. from base of eruthros red + pel- in pella skin.]
An acute, sometimes recurrent, disease caused by a streptococcal infection and characterized by large raised red patches on the skin, esp. of the face and legs, with fever and severe general illness.
SWINE erysipelas.

■ ,erysi'pelatose adjective = ERYSIPELATOUS E18.

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