| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outbreak of disease or condition |
Synonyms: |
breakout, epidemic, eruption, flood, hives, pandemic, plague, series, spate, succession, wave |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Main Entry: | epidemic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | widespread disease |
Synonyms: |
contagion, endemic, growth, outbreak, pest, pestilence, plague, rash, scourge, spread, upsurge, wave, what's going around |
| Notes: | an endemic is a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location; an epidemic is a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease that infects many people at the same time; a pandemic is an epidemic that is geographically widespread occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world |
| Main Entry: | inflammation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redness, swelling |
Synonyms: |
burning, infection, irritation, pain, rash, sore, tenderness |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, debris |
Synonyms: |
clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness, waste |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, sterility |
| Main Entry: | pestilence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | epidemic |
Synonyms: |
contagion, disease, endemic, infection, outbreak, plague, rash, scourge, sickness, virus |
| Main Entry: | plague |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disease that is widespread |
Synonyms: |
affliction, contagion, curse, epidemic, hydra, infection, infestation, influenza, invasion, outbreak, pandemic, pestilence, rash, ravage, scourge |
| Main Entry: | wave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sea surf, current |
Synonyms: |
bending, billow, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crest, crush, curl, curlicue, drift, flood, foam, ground swell, gush, heave, influx, loop, movement, outbreak, rash, ridge, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll, roller, rush, scroll, sign, signal, stream, surge, sweep, swell, tendency, tide, tube, twirl, twist, undulation, unevenness, uprising, upsurge, whitecap, winding |
| Main Entry: | eczema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin condition |
Synonyms: |
dermatitis, inflammation, milk crust, rash, tetter |
| Main Entry: | efflorescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blooming |
Synonyms: |
anthesis, developing, flowering, folding, rash, redness, sprouting |