- enanthem, enanthema
- A mucous membrane eruption, especially one occurring in connection with one of the exanthemas. [G. en, in, + anthema, bloom, eruption, fr. antheo, to bloom]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
enanthem, enanthema
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