scarlet fever

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Noun

scarlet fever (plural scarlet fevers)

1. (pathology) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

Synonyms

• scarlatina

Derived terms

• scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin
• miniature scarlet fever

Translations

streptococcal infection

Chinese: Mandarin: 猩紅熱 (cmn), 猩红热 (cmn) (xīnghóngrè) Czech: spála (cs) f. Finnish: tulirokko (fi) French: scarlatine (fr) f. German: Scharlach (de) m. Greek: οστρακιά (el) (ostrakiá) f. Hungarian: vörheny (hu), skarlát (hu) Icelandic: skarlatssótt (is) f.

Italian: scarlattina (it) f. Norwegian: Bokmål: skarlagensfeber (no) m. Polish: szkarlatyna (pl) f. Portuguese: escarlatina (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: fiabhras-dearg (gd) m. Spanish: escarlatina (es) f. Turkish: kızıl (tr)