Impetigo

(im-pe-ti> ’ -go) [impetigo; impetere, to attack]. An acute inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by discrete, rounded pustules, unattended, as a rule, by itching or other subjective symptoms. I. contagiosa, an acute inflammatory contagious disease, characterized by the appearance of vesicles or blebs, that dry into flat, straw colored crusts. I. her pet i form is, a rare disease of the skin, characterized by the formation of superficial miliary pustules, that may be discrete, but tend to form circular groups. It is most common in pregnant women. I., Syphilitic, a syphilitic eruption having the characters of small flat pustules. 329