The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exanthema \Ex`an*the"ma\, n.; pl. Exanthemata. [L., fr. Gr.?,
fr.? to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; ?, ?,
out + 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower: cf. F.
exanth[`e]me.] (Med.)
An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or
breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the
like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended
with fever.
--Dunglison.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of exanthema English)
WordNet
See exanthema
n. eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease [syn: exanthem, skin eruption]
[also: exanthemata (pl)]
Usage examples of "exanthemata".
Without transcribing his declamatory sentences, which I have softened in the text, I shall observe, that in this passage the strange word exarentasmata is very properly changed for exanthemata by Carisius, the first editor Falcandus lived about the year 1190.