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SCARLATINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scarlatina mean?
• SCARLATINA (noun)
The noun SCARLATINA has 1 sense:
1. an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
Familiarity information: SCARLATINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
scarlatina; scarlet fever
Hypernyms ("scarlatina" is a kind of...):
contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)
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