ROSEOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roseola mean? 

• ROSEOLA (noun)
  The noun ROSEOLA has 1 sense:

1. any red eruption of the skin

  Familiarity information: ROSEOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSEOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any red eruption of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash

Hypernyms ("roseola" is a kind of...):

eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roseola"):

heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)

hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)

 Context examples 

A human herpesvirus that has been found in certain lymphoproliferative disorders, replicates in a number of different types of leukocytes, and is associated with the childhood disease roseola (exanthema subitum).

(Human Herpesvirus 6, NCI Thesaurus)