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scarlatina

[ skahr-luh-tee-nuh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a mild form of scarlet fever.


scarlatina

/ ˌɑːəˈپːə /

noun

  1. the technical name for scarlet fever
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • l·پn ··پ·Դdzܲ [skahr-l, uh, -, tee, -n, uh, s, skahr-, lat, -n-, uh, s], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scarlatina1

1795–1805; < New Latin ( febris ) scarlatina scarlet fever, derivative of Medieval Latin scarlata scarlet (cloth); scarlet, -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scarlatina1

C19: from New Latin, from Italian scarlattina, diminutive of scarlatto scarlet
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Example Sentences

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Scarlet fever, also called scarlatina, is not usually serious and can be treated with antibiotics.

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Sometimes known as scarlatina, the condition gets its name from the diffuse red rash that is characteristic of the infection; the rash generally fades after about a week.

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Obsessive to prove himself in his war on scarlatina, diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid, Brosan became a tyrant against all filth.

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For though the connection between milk and scarlatina and typhoid fever had been known for years and variously studied, no observation of the kind had yet been made in regard to diphtheria.

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After death by smallpox, plague, typhus, cholera, scarlatina, diphtheria, and measles the funerals should be private and the bodies should not be taken to the church.

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