Middle English Dictionary Entry

erisipila n.
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Forms erisipila n. Also herisipila, -ple.
Etymology L erysipelas & OF herisiple.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

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(a) Erysipelas; verrei ~, erysipelas as distinguished from certain other diseases; (b) any disease involving inflammation of the skin (i.e. any aposteme) caused by excess or aberration of the 'humor' choler; unverrei ~, any of such diseases caused by the toxic operation of 'unnatural' choler; ~ flegmoniades, ~ udimiades, ~ sephirodes, diseases caused by 'unnatural' choler mixed with other humors; (c) a disease, prob. gangrene [cp. estiomene].
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  • a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)25b/9 : If such colr wer gederd in eny lyme with out, he makythe an evyll þat is cleped soþ erysyple.
    • Note: New form: Also..erisiple.
    Note: Postdates word.
    Note: Quot. belongs to sense (a).
    Note: Emend the bold-faced phrase in (a): soth (verrei) ~, erysipelas as distinguished from certain other diseases.--notes per MLL
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also erisiple, herisipila, herisipula, herisip(i)le, (Latinate) herisip(u)lam; pl. erisipiles, herisipilez. --notes per MLL

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. erysipila.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. erysiple.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. very erysipila.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. very erysiple.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. erysipila phlegmonides.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. erysipila sephirodes/sephiros.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. erysipila udimiades.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. unvery erysipila.

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