| eosinophilic pustular folliculitis | A dermatosis characterised by sterile pruritic papules and pustules that coalesce to form plaques with papulovesicular borders; spontaneous exacerbations and remissions may be accompanied by peripheral leukocytosis, eosinophilia, or both, and may result in eventual destruction of hair follicles and formation of eosinophilic abscesses. The disease has been reported in AIDS, and a possibly separate form of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis occurs in infants. Synonym: Ofuji's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acute contagious conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for an acute conjunctivitis marked by intense hyperaemia and profuse mucopurulent discharge. Synonym: acute epidemic conjunctivitis, pinkeye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleuropneumonia, contagious | A pleuropneumonia of cattle and goats caused by species of mycoplasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contagious | Infectious. May be transmitted from person to person. (27 Sep 1997) |
| contagious agalactia | A generalised, debilitating disease of sheep and goats caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae; udder infection leads to a decrease in milk production. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | A highly infectious disease of cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides sp. Mycoides and occurring in acute, subacute, and chronic septicaemic forms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious bovine pyelonephritis | A specific necrotizing inflammation of the renal pelvis and ureters of cattle, caused by infection with Corynebacterium renale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia | An acute disease of goats caused by Mycoplasma mycoides sp. Capri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious disease | An infectious disease transmissible by direct or indirect contact; now used synonymously with communicable disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious distribution | <epidemiology> Same as an aggregated distribution. (05 Dec 1998) |
| contagious ecthyma | A specific disease of sheep and goats, caused by the orf virus. This virus is transmissible to man and characterised by vesiculation and ulceration of the infected site. Synonym: contagious ecthyma, contagious pustular dermatitis, scabby mouth, soremouth. Origin: O.E. Orfcwealm, murrain, fr. Orf, cattle, + cwealm, destruction (05 Mar 2000) |
| ecthyma, contagious | An infectious dermatitis of sheep and goats, affecting primarily the muzzle and lips. It is caused by a poxvirus and may be transmitted to man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| angular stomatitis | Inflammation and fissuring radiating from the commissures of the mouth secondary to predisposing factors such as lost vertical dimension in denture wearers, nutritional deficiencies, atopic dermatitis, or Candida albicans infection. Synonym: angular stomatitis, commissural cheilitis, perleche. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphthous stomatitis | <dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. (25 Jun 1999) |
| bovine papular stomatitis | A Parapoxvirus infection of cattle causing oral lesions. Synonym: stomatitis papulosa. (05 Mar 2000) |