EROGENIC 



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Erogenic, or Erogenous (er-o-jen'-ik or er-oj' -en-us) 

 [ipwf, love ; yevvav, to produce]. Producing or 

 stimulating the sexual appetite. 



Eromania (er-o-ma'-ne-aA). See Erotomania. 



Erose (e-ros') [erodere, to gnaw off]. In biology, 

 irregularly toothed, as if gnawed. 



Erosion {e-ro'-zhun) [erosio ; erodere, to eat out]. 

 Disintegration of tissue by mechanical, chemic, or 

 morbid action. E. of the Cervix, an ulcerated 

 condition of the neck of the womb resulting from 

 chronic endometritis. It is also called ulceration or 

 granular degeneration of the cervix. 



Erostrate [e-ros'-trat) [e, priv ; rostrum, a beak]. In 

 biology, not beaked. 



Erotia {e-ro' -she-ah) [L.]. A genus of composite-flow- 

 ered plants. E. lanata, white sage or winter fat ; 

 a composite- flowered forage-plant of the Western U. 

 S. ; valued locally in intermittent fevers. Unof. 



Erotic (er-ot f -ik) [ipwc, love]. Pertaining to the sex- 

 ual passion. 



Eroticism ier-oi' -is-izm) [f/jwc, love]. An erotic 

 disposition ; erode display ; tendency to erotomania. 



Eroticomania {er-o-tik-o-ma' '-ne-ah ) [tpuriKoq, loving ; 

 uavia, madness]. Same as Erotomania. 



Erotocism [er-ot'-o-sizm). Same as Erotomania, q. v. 



Erotomania (er-ot-o-ma' '-ne-ah) \ipuc, love ; uavia, 

 madness]. Morbid, abnormal exaggeration of love 

 generally ; more limited to the imaginative than to the 

 carnal aspect of the sentiment ; insanely-perverted sex- 

 ual feeling. See Nymphomania and Satyriasis. E. 

 personalis. Synonym of Satyriasis and of Nympho- 

 mania. 



Erotomaniac (er-ot-o-ma' -ne-ak) [ipuc, love ; uavia, 

 madness]. A patient who is afflicted with erotomania. 



Erratic (er-at'-ik) [erraticus, wandering]. Moving 

 about from place to place ; irregular ; strange or un- 

 usual ; eccentric, peculiar. 



Errhine (er'-in) [kv, in; 'pig, the nose]. I. Causing 

 discharges from the nose. 2. A medicine that, applied 

 to the mucous membrane of the nose, increases nasal 

 secretions. A sternutatory. 



Error (er'-or) [L. ," wandering "]. Displacement or 

 perversion in any function ; aberration, mental or optic. 



Erskine's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Erubescence (er-u-bes' '-ens) [erubescentia , blushing]. 

 Redness of the skin. 



Eruca (er-oo' -kali) [L. , a caterpillar; a cole wort]. A 

 genus of cruciferous plants. E. sativa. the garden 

 rocket, an herb of Asia and Europe, used as a salad. 

 It is a stimulant and diuretic, and is considered to be 

 aphrodisiac and galactagogue. Unof. 



3rucic Acid (er-oo' -sik). See Acid. 



Sruciform (er-oo' -siforni) [eruca, a caterpillar ; forma, 

 form]. In biology, said of larvae, spores, etc., that 

 are shaped like a caterpillar. 



Erucivorous (er-u-siv'-or-us) [eruca, a caterpillar; 

 vorare, to eat]. In biology, applied to birds and other 

 animals that feed upon caterpillars. 



Eructation (e-ruk-ta' -shun) [eructare, to belch] . Belch- 



, ing - 

 Erugation (er-oo-ga' -shun) \erugatio ; e, out; ruga, 



wrinkle]. The removal of wrinkles. 

 EJrugatory [er-oo 1 '-gat-or-e) [e, out; ruga, & wrinkle]. 



I. Tending to remove wnnkles. 2. A remedy for 



wrinkles. 



.^rugineous (er-oo-jin'-e-us). Same as Eruginous. 

 iruginose (er-oo' -jin-os). Same as Eruginous. 

 Eruginous (er-oo' -fin -us) \cEruginosus ; cerugo, rust]. 



Having the nature or the color of verdigris. 

 :«rumpent (e-rum' -pent) [erumpere, to break out]. In 



biology, applied to parts or organs that appear as if 



bursting out. 



ERYTHEMA 



Eruption (e-rupsl hun ) . \f r »'»pere, to burst out]. A 

 bursting forth a* an . v kmd f or trom any part, but ap- 

 plied especially t(° the cmef symptom G f certain skin- 

 diseases, consistL, n 2 m P im P ,es > nicies, rash, etc. ; 

 the breaking forth' ° f a tooth from ^ gum. 



Eruptive (e-ruf-thO Y eru ™pere, to burst out]. At- 

 tended by an erupti on ' ^ an eruptive fever. 



Eruthrocyte (er-uth'\' ro ' sU ) ■ Incorrect form of Ery- 

 throcyte, q.v. 



B.ryngo(er-ing'-go) [j^'/TV, a thistle]. Any plant of 

 the umbelliferous ge nus . £ r )' n g"<m, especially E. 

 campestre and E. ma" 11 "" 1111 of Europe. These 

 plants, with others of the. g enu s, were formerly made 

 into sweetmeats, and wr re regarded as polychrest 

 remedies, but were especia;! v P^zed as aphrodisiacs. 

 Unof. ; 



Erysipelas (ei -is-if "-el-as) [hpatifc, red; r03«, skin]. 

 An acute, specific, constitutional febrile disease, with a 

 peculiar redness and inflammatf?" °* the skin and 

 subcutaneous tissue, generally of t£ e face. It is due 

 to streptococci. The period of incublMon varies from 

 a few hours to three or four days. The -jrnptoms are 

 an initial chill or rigor, malaise, high temperature, 

 vomiting or nausea, and the characteristic ras^, with 

 a well-defined margin, upon the skin. It may terfiin- 

 ate fatally. Albumin may appear in the urine. At 

 the conclusion of the attack desquamation takes place, 

 either branny or in flakes. The development of ery- 

 sipelas is favored by filth, over-crowding, and defective 

 vendlation. One attack rather predisposes to subse- 

 quent attacks. E. carbunculosum. Synonym of 

 Anthrax. E. malignum internum, an acute, sup- 

 purative, rapidly spreading inflammation of cellular 

 tissue beginning in the pelvis after parturition. It is 

 one form of puerperal fever. It is usually rapidly 

 fatal. Antisepsis properly applied at the time of 

 deliver}- will prevent its occurrence. E. migrans, 

 wandering erysipelas. E. phlegmonodes, a form of 

 erysipelas in which there is pus-formadon, with marked 

 constitutional symptoms. E., Recurrent, pseudo-ery- 

 sipelas, a. frequent disease in strumous children, but oc- 

 curring also in adults, and especially in women. It is 

 entirely confined to the face , especially around the nose 

 and upper lip, and is unattended with marked consti- 

 tutional sjTnptoms. It is not amenable to treatment, 

 and is very prone to recur. E. simplex, the ordinary 

 facial form of erysipelas. E. suffusum. Synonym 

 of Erythema. E., Wandering, a chronic or sub- 

 chronic form in which the process successively disap- 

 pears from one part of the body to appear at another 

 part. 



Erysipelatous (er-is-ip-el'-at-us) [epvOpoc, red; -i/.'/.a, 

 skin]. Of the nature of or affected with erysipelas. 



Erysipeloid (er-is-ip-el' -oid) [epvQpoc, red; 7?i'//a, 

 skin ; cifioc, likeness]. A peculiar affection of the 

 palms of the hands or soles of the feet, characterized 

 by zones of violaceous-red eruption with burning and 

 itching ; it is due to wound infection. 



Erythanthema {er-ith-an' -the-mah) [epvdpdc, red ; 

 avdr/pa, a flowing]. A skin-disease marked by red- 

 ness. The term is variously applied by some to denote 

 an eruptive disease depending upon vasomotor, or 

 other nervous disorder. It is used to designate a class 

 of cutaneous efflorescences that have in common a 

 basis of erythema. 



Erythema (er-ith-e'-mah) ['Epidqua, a blush]. Rose 

 rash : a redness of the skin that may be made to dis- 

 appear temporarily by pressure. E. ab igne, a form 

 of £. hyperemicum produced by the constant irrita- 

 tion of artificial heat. It occurs as rings and gyrate 

 patterns on the front of the legs, and is of a deep-red 

 color, gradually becoming browner in tint. This pig- 



