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Scarlatina

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See scarlet fever.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. scarlet fever

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Scarlet fever.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as scarlet fever (which see, under fever).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"The bookshelves held not only his old textbooks but also the newer paediatric encyclopaedias to which he had contributed articles on scarlatina — the subject of a postgraduate fellowship, as Klara had reminded him."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

contagion contagious disease

Cross Reference

scarlatina maligna scarlatina anginosa

Form

scarlatina hemorrhagica

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

chicken pox poliomyelitis sore-throat croup rubella tonsilitis measles erysipelas pertussis quinsy