EXANTHEM

n. E2x-a2n'the2m. Gr., efai/fljj/ua (from ef, out, and avdof, a blo om). Lat., exanthema. Fr., exantheme. Ger., E., Au chlag. It., esantema. Sp., exantema. 1. A superficial and commonly inflammatory disease or eruption of the skin consisting either of a uniform rash or of discrete efflorescences distributed more or le generally over the surface of the body. 2. In a restricted sense, an exanthematous fever. [G.] Acute e. Lat., exanthema acutum. An acute infectious disease arising rrom a specific contagion, characterized by a regular succe ion of individual stages and by special morbid manifestations on the skin. [A, 326 (o, 21).] Anomalous e. See RUBEOLA. Carbuncular e. An e. characterized by the formation of swellings, imperfectly suppurating, with indurated edges and for the most part a sauious core. [L, 83.] Ichorous e. See EMPHLYSIS. Pustulous e. See EMPYESIS. Hash e. See EXANTHESIS (2d def.). [s. 781]