Meaning of "serpigo" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERPIGO

From Medieval Latin, from Latin serpere to creep.

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PRONUNCIATION OF SERPIGO

serpigo  [sɜːˈpaɪɡəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERPIGO

Serpigo is a noun.

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WHAT DOES SERPIGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dermatophytosis

Dermatophytosis is a clinical condition caused by fungal infection of the skin in humans, pets such as cats, and domesticated animals such as sheep and cattle. The term "ringworm", commonly used to refer to such infections, is a misnomer, since the condition is caused by fungi of several different species and not by parasitic worms. The fungi that cause parasitic infection feed on keratin, the material found in the outer layer of skin, hair, and nails. These fungi thrive on skin that is warm and moist, but may also survive directly on the outsides of hair shafts or in their interiors. In pets, the fungus responsible for the disease survives in skin and on the outer surface of hairs. It has been estimated that currently up to twenty percent of the population may be infected by ringworm or one of the other dermatophytoses. It is especially common among people who play sports, wrestling in particular. Wrestlers with ringworm may be withheld from competition until their skin condition is deemed non-infectious by the proper authorities.

Definition of serpigo in the English dictionary

The definition of serpigo in the dictionary is any progressive skin eruption, such as ringworm or herpes.

TRANSLATION OF SERPIGO

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERPIGO»

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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...

SERPIGO, j. A kind of tetter, or dry eruption on the skin ; from serpo, Latin, but more immediately from serpedo, or serpigo, low Latin. The mere effusion of thy proper loins Do curse the gout, serpigo, and the rheum, . . For ending thee no sooner.

Robert Nares, 1822

A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...

SERPIGO, s. A kind of tetter, or dry eruption on the skin ; from serpo, Latin, but more immediately from serpedo, or serpigo, low Latin. The mere effusion of thy proper loins Do curse the gout, serpigo, and the rheum. For ending thee no sooner.

Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1867

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...

Diseased with a serpigo. — The skin behind her ear downwards became serpiginous, and was covered with white scales. Wiseman. (1.) "SERPIGO. n.s. ILatin.] A kind of tetter. — For thy own bowels, which do Call the fire, Do curse the gout, ...

‎1816

A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...

Serpigo, «. A kind of tetter, or dry eruption on the skin ; from serpo, Latin, but more immediately from serpedo, or serpigo, low Latin. The mere effusion of thy proper loins Do curse the gout, serpigo, and the rheum, For ending thee no sooner.

Robert Nares, 1822

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...

There are two species, the verticillata and rf.psns. * SERP1GINOUS. adj. [from serpigo, Latin.] Diseased with a serpigo. — The ikin behind her ear downwards became ferpiginous, and was covered with white scales. Wiseman. ( 1.) * SERPIGO.

‎1816

The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...

SERPI'GO, rut. lax. serpigo. A kind of tetter. For thy own bowels, which do call thee sire, Do curse the gout, serpigo, and the rheum, For ending thee no sooner. Shakspeare. She had a node, with pains, on her right leg, and a serpigo on her ...

‎1829

The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...

There are two specie-, the vertk illata and repens. * SERPIG1NOUS. adj. Lfrom serpigo, Latin.] Diseased with a serpigo. — The (kin behind her ear downwards beeimt: ferpiginous, and was covered with white scale;. Wiseman. (1.) • SERPIGO .

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807

Chembers 21 Century Dictionary

1 4c: from Latin serpentinum, from SERPENT. serpigo /sa'paigoo/ o noun, pathol any spreading skin disease, especially ringworm. ffi 14c: Latin, from serpere to creep. SERFS or Serps /S3:ps/ o abbreviation state earnings- related pension ...

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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

And when he speaks of serpigo, he distinguishes the “dry serpigo”—“Now, the dry serpigo on the subject 1'.” From these critical niceties, his remarks on stewed prunes I, and some hints about the tub-fast, it is clear that he had studied Master ...

‎1829

The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...

Purss; SERPIGO, in Medicine, from serpere, to creep, is nearly synonimous with berpes, and signifies, in the language of the older writers, any spreading tetter, or excoriation of the skin. When the tetter is siationary, according to Forestus, it is ...

Abraham Rees, 1819