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Webster 1828 Edition


Exanthema

EXAN'THEMA

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Noun.
plu.
exanthem'ata. [Gr. to blossom; a flower.]
Among physicians, eruption; a breaking out; pustules, petechiae, or vibices; any efflorescence on the skin, as in measles, small pox, scarlatina, &c.
This term is now limited by systematic nosologists, to such eruptions as are accompanied with fever.