Meanings
nounecthyma (countable and uncountable, plural ecthymas or ecthymata)
plural ecthymas · plural ecthymata
- countableuncountablemedicineA contagious ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.
Lucky Lady is in isolation for a couple of weeks, trying to shake a case of contagious ecthyma, or sore mouth, a condition Ms. Coston described as lamb herpes.
2007 July 7, Kim Severson, “Rounded Up in the City, Then Coddled in Style”, in New York Times
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