<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Pathology: an acute, febrile infectious disease, caused by a specific streptococcus, characterized by diffusely spreading deep-red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes.</li><li>Also called swine erysipelas.</li><li>Veterinary Pathology: a disease of swine, caused by the organism <em>Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae</em>, characterized by urticaria, vegetative endocarditis, arthritis, and sometimes septicemia.</li></ul>