ecthyma

English

Noun

ecthyma (countable and uncountable, plural ecthymas or ecthymata)

1. A contagious ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.
   • 2007 July 7, Kim Severson, “Rounded Up in the City, Then Coddled in Style”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Lucky Lady is in isolation for a couple of weeks, trying to shake a case of contagious ecthyma, or sore mouth, a condition Ms. Coston described as lamb herpes.

Related terms

• ecthymatous

French

Noun

ecthyma m (plural ecthymas)

1. ecthyma

Further reading

• “ecthyma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.