ecthyma
English
Noun
ecthyma (countable and uncountable, plural ecthymas or ecthymata)
- An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.
- 2007 July 7, Kim Severson, “Rounded Up in the City, Then Coddled in Style”, in New York Times:
- Lucky Lady is in isolation for a couple of weeks, trying to shake a case of contagious ecthyma, or sore mouth, a condition Ms. Coston described as lamb herpes.
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Related terms
- ecthymatous
French
Noun
ecthyma m (plural ecthymas)
- ecthyma
Further reading
- “ecthyma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.