Erythema

{er-ith-e’-??iah)[kpvdaiveiv, to make red]. A redne of the skin occurring in patches of variable size and shape. E. annul are, aform of E. multi for me, in which the lesions shrink and desquamate at the center, but continue to extend at the periphery by a raised margin. E. intertrigo, intertrigo; a hyperemia of the skin occurring where the folds of the integument come in contact. The epidermis may be abraded. E. multi for me, an acute inflammatory skin-disease, characterized by reddish macules, papules, or tubercles, usually appearing on the legs and forearms. It is often ushered in by gastric distre and rheumatic pains. E. nodosum, dermatitis contusiformis, an inflammatory disease characterized by the formation, especially on t tibial surfaces, of rounded, elevated, erythematous nodules. E., Symptomatic, a hyperemia of the skin either diffuse or in non elevated patches. It is either idiopathic, as when arising from the action of the sun, E. solare, or due to various poisons, E. venenatum, or it is symptomatic of systemic disease or gastrointestinal disorder. 265