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Scarlet Fever

see synonyms of scarlet fever

Noun

1. scarlatina, scarlet fever

an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scarlet Fever

see synonyms of scarlet fever
noun
an acute communicable disease characterized by fever, strawberry-coloured tongue, and a typical rash starting on the neck and chest and spreading to the abdomen and limbs, caused by all group A haemolytic Streptococcus bacteria
. Technical name: scarlatina

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Scarlet Fever

see synonyms of scarlet fever
an acute contagious disease, esp. of children, caused by hemolytic streptococci and characterized by sore throat, fever, and a scarlet rash

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scarlet Fever

see synonyms of scarlet fever
n.
An acute contagious disease caused by streptococcal bacteria, occurring predominantly among children and characterized by fever, sore throat, a rough, scarlet-red or dark rash, and often a whitish coating with red spots on the tongue. Also called scarlatina.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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