impetigo
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- noun
- /ˌɪmpəˈtaɪɡoʊ/
- Specialized
- The doctor diagnosed my son with impetigo after noticing the yellowish crust on his skin.
- impetigo, a skin infection
- skin disease, impetigo
Examples
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Differential diagnosis includes insect bites, chicken pox, and impetigo.
Academic text (2011) -
It also confronts me with many of the childhood terrors I caught from her, like that case of impetigo.
Fiction book (2001) -
What do you use to treat impetigo?
Blog text (30) -
My babysitter said if it were impetigo, I would start getting it on the side of my mouth.
Blog text (30) -
"That looks like impetigo to me," she said while squinting at it closely.
Blog text (30) -
Kids at school would get impetigo, but chiggers burrowed in and seemed much worse.
Fiction book (1995) -
Children with scarlet fever have tonsillitis or occasionally impetigo.
Academic text (2012) -
Strep A bacteria can cause a myriad of infections including impetigo, scarlet fever and strep throat.
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This is a male with seborrheic dermatitis with evidence of secondary infections, both fungal and likely impetigo, as evidenced by the yellow crusts around the scratch marks.
Blog text (10) -
IMPETIGO IS TERRIBLY CONTAGIOUS.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impetigo comes from a Latin word impetere meaning 'to attack'. Think of it as an 'attack' on the skin, which helps explain why impetigo is a contagious skin infection that causes sores and yellow crusts.