See Also: serpiginous(medicine)
Serpiginous(health)
serpiginous(dictionary)
serpiginous choroidopathy(medicine)
serpiginous keratitis(medicine)
serpiginous ulcer(medicine)
serpiginous corneal ulcer(medicine)

serpiginous (iou)



serpiginous adjective. LME.
[from medieval Latin serpiginosus, from serpigin-, SERPIGO: see -OUS. Mod. sense by assoc. with SERPENTINE adjective etc.]
Medicine. Orig., of the nature of a creeping skin eruption. Now usu. (of a skin lesion or eruption), having a wavy or indented margin.
serpiginously adverb L19.