Meanings
plural impetigos · plural impetigoes · plural impetigines
- countableuncountablemedicineA contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Synonyms: school sores
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Origin
- Latinimpetīgō
- Englishimpetigo
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan impetigen
- impetigencontagious bacterial skin disease
Chinese Mandarin 膿皰瘡 /脓疱疮, 膿痂疹 /脓痂疹
- 膿皰瘡 /脓疱疮 (nóngpàochuāng)contagious bacterial skin disease
- 膿痂疹 /脓痂疹 (nóngjiāzhěn)contagious bacterial skin disease
Czech impetigo
- impetigocontagious bacterial skin disease
Dutch impetigo
- impetigocontagious bacterial skin disease
Finnish märkärupi
- märkärupicontagious bacterial skin disease
French impétigo, gourme
- impétigocontagious bacterial skin disease
- gourmecontagious bacterial skin disease
German Impetigo, Eiterflechte
- Impetigocontagious bacterial skin disease
- Eiterflechtecontagious bacterial skin disease
- Blasengrindcontagious bacterial skin disease
- Eitergrindcontagious bacterial skin disease
- Schleppecontagious bacterial skin disease
- Schleppscheißecontagious bacterial skin disease
- Schleppscheissecontagious bacterial skin disease
- Schleppeitercontagious bacterial skin disease
- Schmierflechtecontagious bacterial skin disease
Hungarian ótvar
- ótvarcontagious bacterial skin disease
Italian impetigine
- impetiginecontagious bacterial skin disease
Japanese 膿痂疹
- 膿痂疹 (nōkashin)contagious bacterial skin disease
Latin impetīgō, inpetīgō
- impetīgōcontagious bacterial skin disease
- inpetīgōcontagious bacterial skin disease
Persian بریون
- بریون (barivan)contagious bacterial skin disease
Polish liszajec
- liszajeccontagious bacterial skin disease
Portuguese impetigo
- impetigocontagious bacterial skin disease
Russian импети́го, парша́
- импети́го (impetígo)contagious bacterial skin disease
- парша́ (paršá)contagious bacterial skin disease
- стрептодерми́я (streptodermíja)contagious bacterial skin disease
Slovak impetigo
- impetigocontagious bacterial skin disease
Spanish impétigo
- impétigocontagious bacterial skin disease
Vietnamese chốc lở
- chốc lởcontagious bacterial skin disease
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with impetigo
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impetigo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impetigo
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