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Definition of Rupia
1. n. An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Definition of Rupia
1. Noun. Formerly the currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India. ¹
2. Noun. (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rupia
1. a skin ulcer [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rupia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rupia
Literary usage of Rupia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of children by John Forsyth Meigs, William Pepper (1874)
"rupia is an eruptive disease, characterized in its early stage by distinct, ...
There are three varieties of this eruption : rupia simplex, rupia prtm- ..."
2. A Practical Manual of the Diseases of Children, with a Formulary. by Edward Ellis (1879)
"rupia.—The bullae in this disease are round, flattened and isolated, ...
rupia usually occurs in the lower extremities; rupia prominens is almost always ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"It is called " rupia." It occurs in the same circumstances as ecthyma; the
secretion soon becomes purulent; and, after a time, there are the same large ..."
4. The Practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1874)
"rupia. — rupia [from ' ?mn- = filth ; in consequence of the foulness of the
affected parts] may be considered as a modification of pemphigus occurring in ..."
5. A Treatise on the theory and practice of medicine by John Syer Bristowe (1879)
"rupia. Causation and description—rupia is described as beginning with flat bullie,
... rupia, indeed, is to be distinguished less by tlie occurrence of ..."
6. A Practical Manual of the Diseases of Children with a Formulary by Edward Ellis (1879)
"Alkaline and gelatine baths have been recommended by different writers. rupia.—The
bulk* in this disease are round, flattened and isolated, about the size ..."
7. The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1883)
"rupia. This name derived from the Greek /i'wnic, dirt, is applied to an eruption
... rupia may be divided into two varieties: one, in which the crusts are ..."
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