— exanthematic /eg zan'theuh mat"ik, ek san'-/ , exanthematous /eg'zan them"euh teuhs, ek'san-/ , adj.
/eg zan"theuhm, ig-, ek san"-/ , n. Pathol.
an eruptive disease, esp. one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles.
[ 1650-60; exanthema exánthema skin eruption, breaking forth, lit., a bursting into flower, equiv. to ex- EX- 3 + anthe- (verbid s. of antheîn to blossom; see ANTHO-) + -ma n. suffix ]