roseola infantum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin roseola īnfantum (“a rosy (rash) of the infant”).
Noun
[edit]roseola infantum (uncountable)
- (pathology) 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.
- Synonyms: roseola, sixth disease, three-day fever, exanthema subitum
Translations
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