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scarlatina

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scar·la·ti·na  (skärl-tn)
n.
See scarlet fever.
[New Latin (febris) scarlatina, scarlet (fever), from Italian scarlattina, feminine of scarlattino, scarlet, diminutive of scarlatto, from Persian saqirlt; see scarlet.]
scarla·tinal adj.
scarlatina
Noun
the technical name for scarlet fever [Italian scarlatto scarlet]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scarlatinascarlatina - an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
scarlet fever
contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact


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This morning, about five o'clock, one of Gorshkov's children died of scarlatina, or something of the kind.
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So they all go up again into the gorgeous drawing-rooms--all of them flushed with breakfast, as having taken scarlatina sociably-- and there the combined unknowns do malignant things with their legs to ottomans, and take as much as possible out of the splendid furniture.
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