Author: Glossary
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Eczema herpeticum
Massive crops of vesicles that become pustular, occurring when herpes simplex virus infection occurs in a person, usually an infant, with pre-existing eczema.
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Erythematous eczema
Dry, pinkish, ill-defined patches with itching and burning; slight swelling with tendency to spread and coalesce; branny scaling; roughness and dryness of skin. This type may become generalized.
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Ectrosyndactyly
Congenital absence of one or more fingers; the remaining fingers are fused together.
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Ectropic
To complete or partial eversion of a part, generally the eyelid.
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Ectrodactylism
Congenital absence of all or part of a digit.
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Ectozoon
A parasitic animal that lives on the outside of another animal.
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Ectotrichophyton
A former name for Trichophyton megalosporon ectothrix.
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Ectotherm
An organism whose body temperature varies according to the temperature of the environment; the opposite of endotherm.
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Ectostosis
Formation of bone beneath the periosteum.
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Ectopic hormone production
The secretion of hormones by nonendocrine tissue. Ectopically produced hormones may arise from both benign and malignant tissues.