erythema
/ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/noun
erythema is a noun meaning “Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-R-Y-T-H-E-M-A, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of erythema is erythemas or erythemata.
What does erythema mean?
noun
- 1
Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
- 2
Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce erythema?
- UK /ˌɛɹɪˈθiːmə/
- US /ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/
- US /ˌɛɹəˈθimə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-erythema.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of erythema
- erythemas plural
- erythemata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is erythema?
Erythema appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Erythema in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abnormal redness:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does erythema come from?
From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).