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Definition of: ecthyma
(ek·thī′mə) noun plural ·thym·a·ta (-thim′·ə·tə) Pathol.
A virus disease characterized by the formation on the skin of ulcerating pustules whose discharge produces vesicular lesions. [<Gk. ekthyma pustule <ek- out + thuein seethe]
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