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Impetigo(medicine)
impetigo(encyclopedia)
impetigo(dictionary)
Impetigo(health)
impetigo vulgaris(medicine)
impetigo neonatorum(medicine)
impetigo herpetiformis(medicine)
impetigo eczematodes(medicine)
impetigo contagiosa(medicine)

impetigo (iou)



impetigo noun. . LME.
[Latin, from impetere assail, attack: see IMPETUS.]
Medicine. Any of various pustular skin diseases. Now esp. a contagious acute superficial skin infection (esp. of children) usu. caused by staphylococci and producing vesicles and crusted inflammation.
impetiginous adjective pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of impetigo E17.