n. An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
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n. any skin disorder involving abnormal redness
Word Usage
"The heart develops arteriosclerosis, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy and pericarditis; the skin develops rosacea, erythroderma, spider nevi, nevi, seborrheic keratosis (age marks) and dermatitis and graying of the hair."