erysipelas
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- erisypelas (archaic)
Etymology edit
From Middle English erisipila, borrowed from Latin erysipelas, from Ancient Greek ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς (erusípelas), probably related to ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and πέλμᾰ (pélma, “the sole of a foot”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ɹɪˈsɪp.ɪl.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/, /ˌɛɹ.əˈsɪp.ləs/, /ˌɪɹ.əˈsɪp.əl.əs/, /ˌɪɹ.əˈsɪp.ləs/
Noun edit
erysipelas (countable and uncountable, plural erysipelases)
- (pathology) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.
- 1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, “Erysipelas During Parturition”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet, volume II, number 2709, London: John James Croft, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, Notes, Short Comments, and Answers to Correspondents., page 187, column 2:
- The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
acute febrile disease
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References edit
- “erysipelas”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “erysipelas”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς (erusípelas), probably related to ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and πέλμᾰ (pélma, “the sole of a foot”) or pellis (“a skin, hide, felt, pelt”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/, [ɛrʏˈs̠ɪpɛɫ̪äs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.riˈsi.pe.las/, [eriˈs̬iːpeläs]
Noun edit
erysipelas n (genitive erysipelatos); third declension
Inflection edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | erysipelas | erysipelata |
Genitive | erysipelatos | erysipelatum |
Dative | erysipelatī | erysipelatibus |
Accusative | erysipelas | erysipelata |
Ablative | erysipelate | erysipelatibus |
Vocative | erysipelas | erysipelata |
Descendants edit
- → English: erysipelas
- Middle English: erisipila