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Erysipelas
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:03 am
by Brazilian dude
Main Entry: ery·sip·e·las
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English erisipila, from Latin erysipelas, from Greek, from erysi- (prob. akin to Greek erythros red) + -pelas (probably akin to Latin pellis skin) -- more at RED, FELL
: an acute febrile disease associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a hemolytic streptococcus
Brazilian dude
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:44 pm
by Stargzer
I'm beginning to scare myself. I understood and decoded that defintion on the first read.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:03 pm
by Perry
I'm beginning to scare myself. I understood and decoded that defintion on the first read.
So Larry, are you ready for a new career as a streptococcus stripper?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:47 pm
by tcward
Could we say that was a "swell" job?
-Tim
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:30 pm
by Stargzer
Let's not get all hot and bothered about Erysipelas; it could engender bad blood.
It sounds like the name of a Greek or Shakespearean character.
And Lo, Zeus sent Erysipelas amongst Men to spread disease and foment discomfort . . .
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:52 pm
by gailr
Let's not get all hot and bothered about Erysipelas; it could engender bad blood.
It sounds like the name of a Greek or Shakespearean character.
Mistress Quickly might have eulogized him, sorrowfully, as 'Arry Sipilus...
(It is too late; the life of all this blood
Is touch'd corruptibly)
-gailr