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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 601 The interstinct or discrete [L. Interstinctæ, vel Discretæ] [Small Pox] come with a Shivering and Coldness.

1733 J. Allen Summary View Whole Pract. Physick I. i. 83 When the Small-Pox are come out, the same Regimen is to be observed, as is usual in the distinct Kind, got in the common way; and if there be occasion for any thing at all of Medicine, these procured by Art require the same Method of Treatment, as the benign discrete Small-Pox in the natural way.

1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. II. 248 There were here double tertians, pleurisies, discrete small-poxes, rarely confluent.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 487 The spots [of measles and urticaria] are usually discrete, insulated.

1882 19th Cent. Apr. 531 The discrete, ‘distinct’, or ‘benign’ form being by no means a severe disease, even among the unvaccinated.

1921 J. F. Schamberg Dis. Skin & Eruptive Fevers (ed. 4) 54 Papular eczema..is characterized by pin-head-sized, round or acuminate, reddish elevations, either discrete or closely aggregated.

1940 Jrnl. Allergy 12 7 Within from three to five minutes, discrete urticarial wheals appeared, with a diminution of the itching.

1962 Postgraduate Med. Jrnl. 38 141/1 Type 6, ‘discrete’ smallpox, predominated in the pre-school age-group.

1978 Current Probl. Surg. 15 9 A solitary thyroid nodule refers to a discrete, clearly outlined nodule, 1 cm or larger.

2007 tr. W. Siegenthaler et al. Differential Diagnosis Internal Med. iv. 116/1 In endocarditis these lesions are generally very discrete. In meningococcemia, lesions are more noticeable due to confluence.