impetigo
See also: impétigo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmpɪˈtaɪɡəʊ/
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- (UK)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmpəˈtaɪɡoʊ/
- Rhymes: -aɪɡəʊ
Noun
impetigo (plural impetigos or impetigoes or impetigines)
- (pathology) A 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
Derived terms
- impetigenous
- impetiginous
Translations
contagious bacterial skin disease
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impetigo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeː.ti.ɣoː/
Audio (NL) (file)
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ti‧go
Noun
impetigo m (uncountable)
- (pathology) impetigo
Latin
Alternative forms
- inpetīgō
Etymology
impetō + -īgō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.peˈtiː.ɡoː/, [ɪmpɛˈt̪iːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.peˈti.ɡo/, [impeˈt̪iːɡo]
Noun
impetīgō f (genitive impetīginis); third declension
- impetigo
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | impetīgō | impetīginēs |
Genitive | impetīginis | impetīginum |
Dative | impetīginī | impetīginibus |
Accusative | impetīginem | impetīginēs |
Ablative | impetīgine | impetīginibus |
Vocative | impetīgō | impetīginēs |
Derived terms
- petīgo
Related terms
- impes
- impetibilis
- impetīginōsus
- impetītus
- impetix
Descendants
- Asturian: empeine
- Italian: petecchia
- → English: petechia
- Portuguese: impingem
- Romanian: pecingine
- Spanish: empeine
- → Catalan: impetigen
- → Dutch: impetigo
- → English: impetigo
- → Italian: impetigine
- → Portuguese: impetigo
- → Spanish: impétigo
References
- “impetigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impetigo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- impetigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impetigo. Doublet of impigem.
Noun
impetigo m (uncountable)
- (pathology) impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)
Romanian
Etymology
From French impétigo.
Noun
impetigo n (uncountable)
- impetigo
Declension
declension of impetigo (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) impetigo | impetigoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) impetigo | impetigoului |
vocative | impetigoule |