Path. [a. Gr. ἐρύθημα (stem ἐρυθηματ-), f. ἐρυθαίνειν to be red, f. ἐρυθ-ρός red.] A superficial inflammation of the skin, showing itself chiefly in rose-colored patches.
1766–83. W. Cullen, First Lines Phys., § 274, Wks. 1827, II. 23. When the disease is an affection of the skin alone … I shall give the disease the name of Erythema.
1811. Abernethy, Surg. Wks., I. 198, note. A Burgundy pitch plaster causes extensive erythema.
1855. Lancet, 11 July, 79/2. A fugacious roseola or erythema.
Hence Erythematic a. [+ -IC], of, pertaining to, or of the nature of erythema. Erythematous a. [+ -OUS] = prec.
1766–83. W. Cullen, First Lines Phys., § 385, Wks. 1827, II. 71. The inflammation of the stomach is of two kinds, Phlegmonic, or Erythematic.
1842. T. H. Burgess, trans. Cazenove’s Dis. Skin, 130. This erythematous ring is often the seat of small vesicles.
1861. T. Graham, Pract. Med., 667. Surrounded by an erythematous efflorescence.
