erythema

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθiːmə/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/, /ˌɛɹəˈθimə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌeɹɪˈθiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

erythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

• erythema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “erythema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “erythema”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.