SINCE 1828
erythema multiforme
noun
erythema mul·ti·for·me
| \ -ˌməl-tə-ˈfȯr-mē
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Medical Definition of erythema multiforme
: a skin disease characterized by papular or vesicular lesions and reddening or discoloration of the skin often in concentric zones about the lesions
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