erysipeloid

1. not comparablemedicineResembling erysipelas.

   1 more example

   The diffuse phlebitis is an erysipeloid form of the disease, often running for a considerable distance along the coat of the vein, which becomes thickened, pulpy, and red, without adhesions forming, or the blood coagulating; indeed, in these cases there appears to be a great want of plasticity in this fluid.

   1860, John Erichsen, The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases, and Operations, Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, page 468

plural erysipeloids

1. uncountableusuallymedicineA mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.

   Synonyms: fish poisoning

2. countablemedicineA cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.

   Synonyms: carcinoma erysipeloides