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noun
Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: erythroderma
Narrower terms: erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, hickey, love bite, sunburn, erythema solare, windburn
History
From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
