a. [f. as prec. + -OUS.] Of, or pertaining to, or of the nature of an exanthema; efflorescent.
1755. Johnson, Exanthematous, pustulous; efflorescent; eruptive.
1780. Layard, Cattle Distemp., in Phil. Trans., LXX. 543. The contagion was not of the exanthematous sort.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 429/1. In the exanthematous diseases, the blood partakes of the general disorder of the system.
1838. Penny Cycl., X. 108/1. Fever is an essential element in exanthematous disease.
