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roseola
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roseola has 1 sense
- roseola(n = noun.state) efflorescence, rash, skin rash - any red eruption of the skin; Array is a kind of eruption
has particulars: heat rash, miliaria, prickly heat, hives, nettle rash, urticaria, urtication
CIDE DICTIONARY
roseola, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.].
A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roseola, n.
1 a rosy rash in measles and similar diseases.
2 a mild febrile disease of infants.
1 a rosy rash in measles and similar diseases.
2 a mild febrile disease of infants.
Derivative
roseolar adj. roseolous adj.
Etymology
mod. var. of RUBEOLA f. L roseus rose-coloured
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