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noun
A childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus, and characterised by a high-grade fever and a rash which appears as the fever is seemingly resolving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: roseola, sixth disease, three-day fever, exanthema subitum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exanthema subitum, roseola infantilis, pseudorubella
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease
History
Borrowed from Latin roseola īnfantum (“a rosy (rash) of the infant”).
Across languages
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