erythema

English

An erythema

Etymology

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹəˈθiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

erythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Derived terms

• erythema ab igne
• erythema dyschromicum perstans
• erythema infectiosum
• erythema migrans
• erythema nodosum
• erythemato-
• erythematous
• erythemic

 

Related terms

• erysipelas
• erythemogenic
• erythrocyte
• erythronium
• erythrophobia
• ulerythema

 

Translations

abnormal redness

• Catalan: eritema (ca) m
• Czech: erytém m
• Esperanto: eritemo
• Finnish: eryteema (fi), punoitus (fi)
• French: érythème (fr) m
• Galician: eritema m
• German: Erythem (de) n
• Italian: eritema (it) m
• Korean: 홍반 (hongban)
• Occitan: eritèma m
• Polish: rumień m, erytema f
• Russian: эритема (ru) (eritema)
• Spanish: eritema (es) m
• Ukrainian: ерите́ма f (erytéma)

redness from sunburn

• Italian: eritema solare m

See also

• hyperemia
• plethora
• rash

 

• erythema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “erythema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “erythema”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.