strophulus

American  

[strof-yuh-luhs] / ˈstrɒf yə ləs /

noun

Pathology.

1. a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.

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Etymology

Origin of strophulus

1800–10; < New Latin < Greek stróph(os) “twine” + Latin -ulus -ule

Example Sentences

Red′-gum, strophulus, a skin disease usually occurring in infants about the time of teething, and consisting of minute red pimples with occasional red patches.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Besides this purely local ailment, there is another skin affection which is seen over the body generally, and is known popularly by the name of red gum, or in Latin strophulus.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles