a. [f. Gr. ἐρυσιπελατ- stem of ἐρυσίπελας (see prec.) + -OUS: cf. Fr. érysipélateux.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, erysipelas; affected with erysipelas.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. iii. 182–3. An Inflammation … Oedematous, Schirrous, Erisipelatous according to the predominancy of melancholy, flegme, or choler.
1769. W. Buchan, Dom. Med., liv. (1826), 269. Erysipelatous redness in the skin.
1814. Coleridge, in J. Cottle, Remin. (1847), 357. An erysipelatous complaint, of an alarming nature, has rendered me barely able to attend.
1861. Hulme, trans. Moquin-Tandon, II. V. ii. 264. Erysipelatous spots.
1871. Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., III. xiv. 1094. An erysipelatous patient.
