creeping eruption

eruption /erup·tion/ (ĕ-rup´shun)

1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash.erup´tive

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creeping eruption  cutaneous larva migrans.

drug eruption  an eruption or a solitary lesion caused by a drug taken internally.

fixed eruption  a circumscribed inflammatory skin lesion(s) recurring at the same site(s) over a period of months or years; each attack lasts only a few days but leaves residual pigmentation which is cumulative.

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creep·ing eruption (krpng)

n.

A skin disorder characterized by itchiness and a progressive netlike tunneling in the skin caused by the burrowing larvae of various parasites, especially a type of hookworm. Also called cutaneous larva migrans.

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Creeping eruption

Itchy irregular, wandering red lines on the foot made by burrowing larvae of the hookworm family and some roundworms.

Mentioned in: Itching

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creeping eruption.

See cutaneous larva migrans.

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eruption [e-rup´shun]

1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash. adj., adj erup´tive.

creeping eruption

1. a peculiar eruption that appears to migrate, due to burrowing beneath the skin by certain larvae; it has the appearance of subcutaneous tunnels that are red and vesicular at the advancing end and dry and encrusted at older portions.

2. larva migrans.

drug eruption an adverse cutaneous reaction produced by ingestion, parenteral use, or local application of a drug, which may produce various morphologic patterns and types of lesions; called also dermatitis medicamentosa.

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption a generalized and serious vesiculopustular eruption of viral origin, superimposed on preexisting atopic dermatitis; it may be due to the herpes simplex virus (eczema herpeticum) or vaccinia (eczema vaccinatum).

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creeping

1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth.

2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. Crofton weed (Eupatorium riparium), c. indigo (Indigofera spicata), c. knapweed (Acroptilon repens), c. lantana (Lantana montevidensis), c. mallow (Modiola carolinianum), c. millotia (Millotia greevesii), c. oxalis (Oxalis corniculata), c. saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata).

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creeping eruption

see cutaneous larva migrans.

creeping substitution

gradual penetration across a fracture site by osteogenic tissue followed by bone formation.

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eruption

1. the act of breaking out, appearing or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash.

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creeping eruption

see cutaneous larva migrans.

drug eruption

see drug eruption.

tooth eruption

used in veterinary medicine as a guide to an animal's age.

grouped tooth eruption

permanent posterior teeth erupting side by side with no replacement horizontally.

sequential tooth eruption

permanent posterior teeth replaced by craniad movement of caudal teeth; seen in macropods and elephants.

tooth eruption times

see Table 19.