Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slight inflammation of the skin, occurring in creases or folds where one part of skin rubs on another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.
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- noun medicine, dated
Chafing ordermatitis occurring between two folds of skin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
Etymologies
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Examples
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It exposed a stripe of her zebra hide, which is the cute nickname we have for the brown and pink intertrigo fungus that lines her torso.
Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010
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Babies are frequently subject to rashes, intertrigo, excoriations, eczema, and other skin affections.
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The lesions are more or less numerous, usually become confluent, especially about the folds of the neck, about the genitalia and buttocks; in these regions resembling somewhat erythema intertrigo.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Erythema intertrigo is a hyperæmic disorder occurring on parts where the natural folds of the skin come in contact, and is characterized by redness, to which may be added an abraded surface and maceration of the epidermis.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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(_Synonym: _ Chafing.) #What do you understand by erythema intertrigo?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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#What treatment would you advise in erythema intertrigo?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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The accumulation of sweat and dust between the folds of the skin and on the surface of the harness, and the specially acrid character of the sweat in certain horses, contribute to chafing or "intertrigo."
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
qms commented on the word intertrigo
The doctor said, "Sorry, amigo;
I know it's a blow to the ego:
That flab that you cache
Has done something rash.
It's blooming with wild intertrigo."
September 25, 2016