Definition of Impetigos

1. impetigo [n] - See also: impetigo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impetigos

impesting
impests
impetiginization
impetiginous
impetiginous cheilitis
impetiginous syphilid
impetigo
impetigo bullosa
impetigo circinata
impetigo contagiosa
impetigo contagiosa bullosa
impetigo eczematodes
impetigo herpetiformis
impetigo neonatorum
impetigo vulgaris
impetigos (current term)
impetrable
impetrate
impetrated
impetrates
impetrating
impetration
impetrations
impetrative
impetratory
impetuosities
impetuosity
impetuous
impetuously
impetuousness

Literary usage of Impetigos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"... usually contains staphylococci and streptococci. Diagnosis.—Ecthyma is to be differentiated from the impetigos (qv) and the large, flat, ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"In rare instances generalized bullous eruptions occur due to local infection (bullous impetigos). While at times extensive, they are as easily cured, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... as to be placed by some in a different order, and ranged with the impetigos, from which they do not essentially differ. On the other hand, ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"In origin as in mode of evolution, however, eczema and impetigo differ fundamentally. The impetigos are acute and temporary—eczema is slow, paroxysmal, ..."

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