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Exanthem

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ex·an·the·ma  (gzn-thm) also ex·an·them (g-znthm)
n. pl. ex·an·them·a·ta (-thm-t) or ex·an·the·mas also ex·an·thems
1. A skin eruption accompanying certain infectious diseases.
2. A disease, such as measles or scarlet fever, accompanied by a skin eruption.
[Late Latin exanthma, from Greek, eruption, from exanthein, to burst forth : ex-, ex- + anthein, to blossom (from anthos, flower).]
ex·anthe·matic (g-znth-mtk), exan·thema·tous (gzn-thm-ts) adj.
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Noun1.exanthem - eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease
exanthema, skin eruption
eruption - symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible


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