erysipelas
/ˌerɪˈsɪpələs/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine an acute, sometimes recurrent disease caused by a bacterial infection. It is characterized by large raised red patches on the skin, especially that of the face and legs, with fever and severe general illness.【医】丹毒。
1.1
- This is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Gram-positive coccus.由一种革兰氏阳性球菌——酿脓链球菌引起。
词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek erusipelas; perhaps related to eruthros 'red' and pella 'skin'.