n. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
n. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A superficial redness of some portion of the skin; specifically, in pathology, such a redness, varying in extent and form, which may be attended with more general disorder.
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n. abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)
Word Usage
"Crocker remarks that they are generally classified as erythema gangrænosurn, and are always to be regarded with grave suspicion of being self-induced."