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erysipelas
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
erysipelas disease with red inflammation. XVI (XIV–XV
erisipila). — L. — Gr.
erusípelas, perh. f. base of
eruthrós RED + *
pel- skin, FELL1.
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