different between erysipelas vs wildfire

English

Alternative forms

• erisypelas (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English erisipila, borrowed from Latin erysipelas, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (erusípelas), probably related to ??????? (eruthrós, “red”) and ????? (pélma, “the sole of a foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.???s?p.?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.??s?p.?l.?s/, /???.??s?p.l?s/, /???.??s?p.?l.?s/, /???.??s?p.l?s/

Noun

erysipelas (countable and uncountable, plural erysipelases)

1. (medicine) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “erysipelas”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “erysipelas”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (erusípelas), probably related to ??????? (eruthrós, “red”) and ????? (pélma, “the sole of a foot”) or pellis (“a skin, hide, felt, pelt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.ry?si.pe.las/, [????s??p???äs?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.ri?si.pe.las/, [??i?s?i?p?l?s]

Noun

erysipelas n (genitive erysipelatos); third declension

1. (medicine) erysipelas

Inflection

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

• ? English: erysipelas
• Middle English: erisipila

English

Etymology

From Old English wilde f?r. Equivalent to wild +? fire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?wa?ld?fa??/

Noun

wildfire (countable and uncountable, plural wildfires)

1. A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

   Synonym: forest fire

   Coordinate terms: brushfire, bushfire

   Hyponym: megafire

2. (historical) Greek fire, Byzantine fire.
3. (dermatology) A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas.
4. (figuratively) Something that acts quickly and uncontrollably.

Derived terms

• spread like wildfire

Translations

See also

• conflagration

Further reading

• wildfire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia