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| efflorescence |
a skin rash or other eruption of the skin. [1/5 definitions] |
| eruptive |
of or pertaining to an eruption. [1/3 definitions] |
| flare |
a sudden eruption or intensification, as of an emotion or action. [1/8 definitions] |
| flare-up |
a sudden eruption of light or fire. [1/3 definitions] |
| flash |
a sudden, brilliant display or eruption, as of emotion, talent, or understanding. [1/17 definitions] |
| hives |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a mild illness characterized by the eruption of small, itchy bumps on the skin, often as an allergic reaction. |
| measles |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a very contagious but short-lived disease, usu. affecting children, that is caused by a virus and accompanied by fever and an eruption of red spots on the skin. [1/2 definitions] |
| natural disaster |
a disaster, such as an earthquake, flood, or volcanic eruption, that is caused by natural rather than human forces and which destroys life and property. |
| Nevado del Ruiz |
a Colombian volcano that erupted in 1985 after having been dormant for 150 years, causing 23,000 deaths in what was the world's second most deadly volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. |
| outbreak |
a sudden breaking out; eruption. [1/2 definitions] |
| outburst |
a bursting forth or out, as of activity or emotion; eruption. |
| plate tectonics |
(used with a sing. verb) the geologic theory that the earth's crust consists of several independent plates floating on semiliquid magma, whose constant motion is the cause of continental drift, volcanic eruption, and the like. |
| Pompeii |
an ancient city of southwestern Italy that was buried in 79 A.D. by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. |
| pruritus |
severe itching of the skin, usu. without eruption or other damage. |
| rash2 |
an eruption of the skin, often accompanied by inflammation or blisters. [1/2 definitions] |
| seismometer |
an instrument that measures movement of the ground, such as movement caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or explosion. |
| serpigo |
a spreading eruption or disease of the skin, such as ringworm. |
| tephra |
volcanic materials such as dust, ashes, and pumice ejected during an eruption. |
| yaws |
(used with a sing. verb) a tropical disease caused by a spirochete and characterized by the eruption of red, berrylike growths on the skin. |
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