SKIN RASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skin rash mean? 

• SKIN RASH (noun)
  The noun SKIN RASH has 1 sense:

1. any red eruption of the skin

  Familiarity information: SKIN RASH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIN RASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any red eruption of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash

Hypernyms ("skin rash" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin rash"):

heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)

hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)

 Context examples 

This may help inhibit the skin rash induced by EGFR antagonists.

(Epidermal Growth Factor Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

Other symptoms may include a skin rash, fever, weight loss, or night sweats.

(angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

This agent may prevent or decrease skin rashes associated with the administration of EGFR inhibitors or with radiochemotherapy-induced skin reactions.

(Evaux Spring Water-based Topical Spray, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms appear early in life and include breathing difficulties, feeding difficulties, alopecia, skin rash, and lethargy.

(Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs usually present within the first decade and include fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and skin rash.

(Hemophagocytic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It results from the release of histamine and histamine-like substances from mast cells, and can present with breathing difficulty due to narrowed airways, dizziness and hypotension, skin rash, weak pulse, nausea and vomiting.

(Anaphylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects young children who usually present with persistent high fever, redness of the mucous membranes of the mouth, redness of the palms and soles, skin rashes, lymphadenitis, and joint pain and swelling.

(Kawasaki Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Systemic disease primarily of infants and young children, characterized by skin rash, swelling of hands and feet, enlarged cervical lymph nodes, strawberry tongue, dry and cracked lips, high fevers, and coronary artery disease.

(Kawasaki Disease, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include difficulties in feeding and breathing, skin rash, seizures, lethargy, and coma.

(Neonatal Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Dermatomyositis causes muscle weakness, plus a skin rash.

(Myositis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)