| exanthematous | Relating to an exanthema. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| exanthematous fever | Fever associated with an exanthem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mediterranean exanthematous fever | An affection occurring sporadically in the Mediterranean littoral marked by a severe chill with abrupt rise of temperature, pains in the joints, tonsillitis, diarrhoea, vomiting, and, on the third to fifth day, a rash of elevated nonconfluent macules beginning on the thighs and spreading to the entire body; lasts from ten days to two weeks and then disappears by rapid lysis without desquamation; probably caused by Rickettsia conorii, like Boutonneuse fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
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