Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

erysipeloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: erysipeloid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling erysipelas.

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

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

Countable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From erysipelas + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: erysipelas

Usage

Inflected Forms

erysipeloids (plural)

Phrases

erysipeloid of Rosenbach

Synonyms

fish poisoning carcinoma erysipeloides

Questions

What does erysipeloid mean?: Resembling erysipelas.
Where does erysipeloid come from?: From erysipelas + -oid.

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