erythema

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UK/ˌɛɹɪˈθiːmə/Canada, US/ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/Canada, US/ˌɛɹəˈθimə/Australia/ˌeɹɪˈθiːmə/

noun

Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.

OriginNew Latin erythēma ← Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- →
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Meanings

nounerythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

plural erythemas · plural erythemata

  1. countableuncountableAbnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
  2. countableuncountableSkin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-“red”
  2. Ancient Greekἐρύθημα“a redness or flush on the skin”
  3. New Latinerythēma
  4. Englisherythema

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)..

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Translations

Arabic حُمَامَى
  • حُمَامَى (ḥumāmā)abnormal redness
Catalan eritema
  • eritemaabnormal redness
Chinese Mandarin 紅斑 /红斑
  • 紅斑 /红斑 (hóngbān)abnormal redness
Czech erytém
  • erytémabnormal redness
Esperanto eritemo
  • eritemoabnormal redness
Finnish eryteema, punoitus
  • eryteemaabnormal redness
  • punoitusabnormal redness
  • eryteemaredness from sunburn
  • punoitusredness from sunburn
French érythème
  • érythèmeabnormal redness
German Erythem
  • Erythemabnormal redness
Italian eritema, eritema solare
  • eritemaabnormal redness
  • eritema solareredness from sunburn
Japanese 紅斑
  • 紅斑 (kōhan)abnormal redness
Korean 홍반
  • 홍반 (hongban)abnormal redness
Polish rumień, erytema
  • rumieńabnormal redness
  • erytemaabnormal redness
  • poparzenieredness from sunburn
Portuguese eritema
  • eritemaabnormal redness
Russian эритема
  • эритема (eritema)abnormal redness
Spanish eritema
  • eritemaabnormal redness
Ukrainian ерите́ма
  • ерите́ма (erytéma)abnormal redness
Vietnamese viêm quầng
  • viêm quầngabnormal redness

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with erythema

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Cite this entry
APA

erythema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythema

MLA

“erythema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythema. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erythema,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythema.

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