scarlet fever

English

Noun

scarlet fever (countable and uncountable, 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／猩红热 (zh) (xīnghóngrè), 猩红热 (zh) (xīnghóngrè)

• Czech: spála (cs) f
• Finnish: tulirokko (fi)
• French: scarlatine (fr) f
• Georgian: ქუნთრუშა (kuntruša)
• German: Scharlach (de) m
• Greek: οστρακιά (el) f (ostrakiá), σκαρλατίνα (el) f (skarlatína)
• Hungarian: vörheny (hu), skarlát (hu)
• Icelandic: skarlatssótt f
• Irish: fiabhras dearg f
• Italian: scarlattina (it) f
• Japanese: 猩紅熱 (しょうこうねつ, shōkōnetsu)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سوورەتا (sûreta)

• Norman: fièvre êcarlate f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skarlagensfeber m

  Nynorsk: skarlaksfeber m

• Polish: szkarlatyna f
• Portuguese: escarlatina f
• Russian: скарлати́на (ru) f (skarlatína)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiabhras-dearg m
• Spanish: escarlatina f
• Swedish: scharlakansfeber c
• Turkish: kızıl (tr)