impetigo
Meaning
A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmpɪˈtaɪɡəʊ/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
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