Meanings
- not comparableResembling erysipelas; erysipeloid.
The symptoms are coryza or catarrh suddenly setting in, itching of face and skin, erysipelatous swelling of the face, or tumefaction of the lids—dyspnœa more or less urgent, epigastric oppression, vomiting, headache.
1880, The American Medical Association, The Transactions of the American Medical Association, Volume 31, page 528
Translations
French érysipélateux
- érysipélateuxResembling erysipelas
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