ALL meanings of erysipelas
- noun erysipelas An acute, sometimes recurrent disease caused by a bacterial infection. It is characterized by large, raised red patches on the skin, especially that of the face and legs, with fever and severe general illness. 1
- noun erysipelas an acute streptococcal infectious disease of the skin, characterized by fever, headache, vomiting, and purplish raised lesions, esp on the face 0
- noun erysipelas an acute infectious disease of the skin or mucous membranes caused by a streptococcus and characterized by local inflammation and fever 0
- noun erysipelas (pathology) severe skin disease caused by streptococcus infection in surface and surrounding tissue, marked by continued spreading inflammation. 0