eruptive

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Eruptive history, geochronology, and magmatic evolution of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, Chile.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

Eruptive Rocks, in geology, those which, as lavas, have broken through other rocks while in a molten state, and become eruptive at the surface.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

These are called Eruptive Fevers, and embrace chicken-pox, cow-pox, small-pox, scarlet fever, measles, milary fever, and erysipelas, or St. Anthony's fire.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Ignesc′ent, emitting sparks of fire; Ignif′erous, bearing fire; Ignig′enous, engendered in fire.—Igneous rocks, those which have been erupted from the heated interior of the earth—hence also termed Eruptive rocks.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Eruptive contagious diseases like scarlet fever, smallpox, and measles so affect the skin that during convalescence the cuticle scales off.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin