KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kaposi's varicelliform eruption mean? 

• KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION (noun)
  The noun KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION has 1 sense:

1. a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles

  Familiarity information: KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION used as a noun is very rare.

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• KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION (noun)

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Meaning:

A now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eczema vaccinatum; Kaposi's varicelliform eruption

Hypernyms ("Kaposi's varicelliform eruption" is a kind of...):

eczema (generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages)

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