Erythema vs. Rash — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Erythema and Rash
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Erythema
Erythema (from the Greek erythros, meaning red) is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia (increased blood flow) in superficial capillaries. It occurs with any skin injury, infection, or inflammation.
Rash
A rash is a change of the human skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin.
Erythema
Redness of the skin caused by dilatation and congestion of the capillaries, often a sign of inflammation or infection.
Rash
Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.
Erythema
Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
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Rash
A visible lesion or group of lesions on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs, and allergies.
Erythema
Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
Rash
An outbreak of many instances within a brief period
A rash of burglaries.
Erythema
A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
Rash
Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
Rash words spoken in the heat of debate
Erythema
Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)
Rash
Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
Rash
Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
Rash
Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.
Rash
(archaic) rashly
Rash
An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word , an illness characterized by a type of rash.
He came out in a rash because of an allergy.
She applied rash cream on herself to reduce the irritation.
A wet cloth should help with the rash on your arm.
Rash
(figuratively)
Rash
An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
Rash
An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
Rash
(historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
Cloth rash
Silk rash
Rash
(obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.
Rash
(transitive)
Rash
To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
Rash
To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
Rash
To emit or issue (something) hastily.
Rash
(rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
Rash
(intransitive)
Rash
To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
Rash
Of rain: to fall heavily.
Rash
Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
Rash
Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
Rash
To hack, slash, or slice (something).
Rash
(rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.
Rash
To pull off or pluck violently.
Rash
To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.
Rash
To prepare with haste.
Rash
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
Rash
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
Rash
Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
Rash
Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
I scarce have leisure to salute you,My matter is so rash.
Rash
Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
Rash
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
Rash
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
Was never known a more adventurous knight.
Her rash hand in evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.
If any yet be so foolhardyTo expose themselves to vain jeopardy;If they come wounded off, and lame,No honor's got by such a maim.
Rash
Any red eruption of the skin
Rash
A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;
A rash of bank robberies
A blizzard of lawsuits
Rash
Imprudently incurring risk;
Do something rash that he will forever repent
Rash
Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
Foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
Became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans
A reckless driver
A rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center
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