Usually means: Bacterial skin infection, highly contagious.
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  1. impetigo: Merriam-Webster
  2. impetigo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impetigo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Impetigo, impetigo: Wordnik
  7. impetigo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. impetigo: Wiktionary
  9. impetigo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  13. Impetigo (band), Impetigo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  15. impetigo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  21. impetigo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. impetigo: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  16. Impetigo: Drug Medical Dictionary

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noun:  (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

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