| ambulant erysipelas | A widely spreading form involving the entire face or body surface. Synonym: ambulant erysipelas, wandering erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| phlegmonous erysipelas | A form marked by invasion of the subcutaneous tissues, with the formation of deep-seated abscesses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wandering erysipelas | A widely spreading form involving the entire face or body surface. Synonym: ambulant erysipelas, wandering erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical erysipelas | Erysipelas caused by infection of the wound following a surgical procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swine erysipelas | An acute and chronic contagious disease of young pigs caused by erysipelothrix insidiosa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| erysipelas | <dermatology> An acute superficial form of cellulitis involving the dermal lymphatics, usually caused by infection with group A streptococci and chiefly characterised by a peripherally spreading hot, bright red, oedematous, brawny, infiltrated and sharply circumscribed plaque with a raised indurated border. Formerly called St. Anthony's fire. Compare: cellulitis, phlegmon. (18 Nov 1997) |
| erysipelas internum | An erysipelatous eruption in the vagina, uterus, and peritoneum, occurring in the puerperium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erysipelas migrans | A widely spreading form involving the entire face or body surface. Synonym: ambulant erysipelas, wandering erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erysipelas perstans faciei | Chronic, dusky red eruption of erysipelas on the face. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erysipelas pustulosum | Development of pustules over the area of erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erysipelas verrucosum | Development of verrucous or warty lesions on the area of erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acne neonatorum | A condition in newborn infants, characterised by papules and comedones on forehead and cheeks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaemia neonatorum | <haematology> A condition which develops in the foetus due to an incompatibility between the mother's blood type (RH factor) and the baby's. Maternal antibodies, which enter the foetal circulation during delivery attack the baby's red blood cells leading to haemolysis (rupture of the cells). Symptoms include an infant with an enlarged liver and spleen, swelling, jaundice and anaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anoxia neonatorum | Any anoxia observed in newborn infants. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asphyxia neonatorum | Respiratory failure in the newborn. (12 Dec 1998) |