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EXANTHEMA (exanthemata)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exanthema mean? 

EXANTHEMA (noun)
  The noun EXANTHEMA has 1 sense:

1. eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a diseaseplay

  Familiarity information: EXANTHEMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXANTHEMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

exanthem; exanthema; skin eruption

Hypernyms ("exanthema" is a kind of...):

eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)


 Context examples 


Human herpesvirus 7 is found in humans and causes exanthema subitum in infants.

(Human Herpesvirus 7, NCI Thesaurus)

A human herpesvirus that has been found in certain lymphoproliferative disorders, replicates in a number of different types of leukocytes, and is associated with the childhood disease roseola (exanthema subitum).

(Human Herpesvirus 6, NCI Thesaurus)



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