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ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does erythema multiforme mean?
• ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME (noun)
The noun ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME has 1 sense:
1. a red rash caused by hypersensitivity to a drug or disease or other allergen
Familiarity information: ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A red rash caused by hypersensitivity to a drug or disease or other allergen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("erythema multiforme" is a kind of...):
erythema (abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation))
Context examples
A severe, sometimes life-threatening, form of erythema multiforme.
(Erythema Multiforme Major, NCI Thesaurus)
A variant of bullous erythema multiforme.
(Erythema Multiforme Major, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Self-limiting form of erythema multiforme.
(Erythema Multiforme Minor, NCI Thesaurus)
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