ecthyma
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ecthyma
(ˈɛkθɪmə)n, pl -mata (-mətə)
(Pathology) pathol a local inflammation of the skin characterized by flat ulcerating pustules
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek ekthuma pustule, from ekthuein to break out, from ek- out + thuein to seethe]
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