different between pustule vs impetigo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pustule, from Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?stju?l/, /?p?st?u?l/, /?p?st??l/

Noun

pustule (plural pustules)

1. (dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
2. A pimple filled with pus.
3. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

Derived terms

• pustular
• pustulated

Related terms

• pus

Translations

See also

• Cutaneous condition (Pustule) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• abscess
• boil
• pimple

Anagrams

• pluteus

Italian

Noun

pustule f

1. plural of pustula

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pustula.

Noun

pustule f (oblique plural pustules, nominative singular pustule, nominative plural pustules)

1. pustule

Descendants

• English: pustule
• French: pustule

Romanian

Noun

pustule

1. plural of pustul?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impet?g?, from impet?re (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp??ta????/
  • (UK)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mp??ta??o?/
• Rhymes: -a????

Noun

impetigo (plural impetigos or impetigoes or impetigines)

1. (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

Synonyms

• school sores

Derived terms

• impetigenous
• impetiginous

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impetigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pe?.ti.?o?/

• Hyphenation: im?pe?ti?go

Noun

impetigo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) impetigo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpet?g?

Etymology

impet? +? -?g?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe?ti?.?o?/, [?mp??t?i??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe?ti.?o/, [imp??t?i???]

Noun

impet?g? f (genitive impet?ginis); third declension

1. impetigo

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pet?go

Related terms

Descendants

References

• impetigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impetigo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• impetigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impetigo. Doublet of impigem.

Noun

impetigo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)

Romanian

Etymology

From French impétigo.

Noun

impetigo n (uncountable)

1. impetigo

Declension