Erysipelas in Malayalam
The skin infection erysipelas is called അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം (agnivisarppam), a medical compound whose parts suggest fire spreading across the body. Say ag-ni-vi-sarp-pam; the word belongs to medical and ayurvedic writing rather than daily speech. The same term is used in older texts for related spreading skin diseases.
അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം (agnivisarppam)
Erysipelas, frambesia, yaws.
കാലിൽ അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം വന്നതിനാൽ അവൾ വിശ്രമിച്ചു.
kaalil agnivisarppam vannathinaal aval vishramichu.
Since erysipelas appeared on her leg she rested.
All Malayalam words for “erysipelas”
- അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം (agnivisarppam) — Erysipelas, frambesia, yaws.
- കരപ്പന് (karappan) — Scurf affecting children, erysipelas.
അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം (agnivisarppam) is the only listed option, and it covers erysipelas along with the related conditions frambesia and yaws.
Common questions
How do you say erysipelas in Malayalam?
It is അഗ്നിവിസര്പ്പം (agnivisarppam).
Where would you meet this word?
Mostly in medical and ayurvedic descriptions of spreading skin disease.