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eruption (ĕ-rupīshәn) the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash. adj., erupītive, adj. . creeping eruption
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. drug eruption
an adverse skin reaction produced by ingestion, parenteral use, or local application of a drug, which may produce various
different forms and patterns of lesions. Kaposi 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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