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noun
A rosy rash occurring in measles, typhoid fever, syphilis and some other diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
The common name for roseola infantum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
German measles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
any red eruption of the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: rash, efflorescence, skin rash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eruption
Narrower terms: prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria, urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash
History
From New Latin roseola, from diminutive of Latin rosa (“a rose”).
Across languages
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